Job 24:20
The womb forgets him, || The worm sweetens [on] him, || He is remembered no more, || And wickedness is broken as a tree.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
19Drought—also heat—consume snow-waters, || Sheol—[those who] have sinned.
21Treating evil the barren [who] does not bear, || And he does no good [to] the widow,
Cross References
Job 17:14To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
Job 19:26And after my skin has surrounded this [body], || Then from my flesh I see God—
Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, || And the name of the wicked rots.
Isaiah 26:14Dead—they do not live, || Rephaim, they do not rise, || Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, || Indeed, you destroy all their memory.
Matthew 3:10and now also, the axe is laid to the root of the trees, therefore, every tree not bearing good fruit is cut down, and is cast into fire.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:19-25
Ultimate Ruin of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he… Read the whole commentary →