Job 24:20

Translations

Modern

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Traditional

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.

Literal

The womb forgets him, the worm feeds sweetly on him; no more is he remembered, and injustice is broken like a tree.

Latin

Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.

Original

Hebrew

English

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Notes

Job 24:18–24

These ideas seem to go against Job's observations. Some scholars think Bildad or Zophar might have said them. However, Job might have been speaking against evil people, making fun of his friends' opinions by quoting them. Or he might have meant that the fate of evil people also affects those in a right relationship with God. His friends described this earlier (5:2–7; 15:17–25; 8:8–19; 18:5–21; 20:4–29; 21:23–26).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Daniel 4:14
He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
Job 18:16–17
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Matthew 3:10
The 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.
Job 17:14
…and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Ecclesiastes 8:10
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Job 19:26
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Job 14:7–10
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
Isaiah 26:14
The 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.

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Death of the Wicked Homicide: Felonious, or Murder Wicked (People): Described Wicked (People): Temporal Punishment of

Job 24:20

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