Job 24:20
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
Cross References
Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the 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 →