Job 24:20

יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם ׀ מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹֽא ־ יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19צִיָּה גַם ־ חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵֽימֵי ־ שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ ׃

21רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב ׃

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Cross References

Job 17:14לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה ׃

Job 19:26וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ ־ זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ ׃

Proverbs 10:7זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה וְשֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָֽב ׃

Isaiah 26:14מֵתִים בַּל ־ יִחְיוּ רְפָאִים בַּל ־ יָקֻמוּ לָכֵן פָּקַדְתָּ וַתַּשְׁמִידֵם וַתְּאַבֵּד כָּל ־ זֵכֶר לָֽמוֹ ׃

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 →

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