Job 24:20
Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned.
21He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
Cross References
Job 17:14To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
Job 19:26And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.
Isaiah 26:14The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise,—Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them.
Matthew 3:10Already also, the axe, unto the root of the trees, is being laid,—every tree, therefore, not bringing forth good fruit, is to be hewn down, and, into fire, to be cast.
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 →