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Job 24:20

Justice

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.

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 riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
KJV
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.
WEB
The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
ASV
The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
DARBY
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree,
BLB
The womb forgets him, the worm feeds sweetly on him; no more is he remembered, and injustice is broken like a tree.
ÅB
Hans mors liv glemmer ham, makken fortærer ham med lyst, ingen minnes ham mere, og ondskapen blir som et splintret tre.
OTB
En mor vil glemme ham; ormen spiser søtt på ham.
Han blir ikke lenger husket.
Og ondskapen blir brutt som et tre.
B1930
Hans mors liv glemmer ham, makken fortærer ham med lyst, ingen minnes ham mere, og ondskapen blir som et splintret tre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 10:7

    The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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  • Daniel 4:14

    He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

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  • Job 18:16–17

    His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:10

    And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

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  • Matthew 3:10

    And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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  • Isaiah 26:14

    They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

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  • Job 17:14

    I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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  • Job 19:26

    And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

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