Job 24:20New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree,—
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The pitifull man shall forget him: the worme shal feele his sweetenes: he shalbe no more remebred, ? the wicked shalbe broke like a tree.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The wombe shall forget him, the worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee shall be no more remembred, and wickednes shalbe broken as a tree.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They have gone astray from the womb; the worm shall suck them; after death they shall be remembered no more; and the wicked shall be broken like a piece of wood.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
The womb
7358
shall forget
7911 {7911} Primeשָׁכַחshakach{shaw-kakh'}
A primitive root; to mislay, that is, to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
him; the worm
7415 {7415} Primeרִמָּהrimmah{rim-maw'}
From H7426 in the sense of breeding (compare H7311); a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively.
shall feed sweetly
4988 {4988} Primeמָתָקmathaq{maw-thawk'}
From H4985; a dainty, that is, (generally) food.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
on him; he shall be no
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
more
x5750 (5750) Complementעוֹד`owd{ode}
From H5749; properly iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more.
remembered;
2142 {2142} Primeזָכַרzakar{zaw-kar'}
A primitive root; properly to mark (so as to be recognized), that is, to remember; by implication to mention; also (as denominative from H2145) to be male.
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
and wickedness
5766 {5766} Primeעֶוֶל`evel{eh'-vel}
From H5765; (moral) evil.
shall be broken
7665 {7665} Primeשָׁבַרshabar{shaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively).
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
as a tree.
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks). |
Job 24:18-21
_ _ In these verses Job quotes the opinions of his adversaries ironically; he quoted them so before (Job 21:7-21). In Job 24:22-24, he states his own observation as the opposite. You say, “The sinner is swift, that is, swiftly passes away (as a thing floating) on the surface of the waters” (Ecclesiastes 11:1; Hosea 10:7).
_ _ is cursed — by those who witness their “swift” destruction.
_ _ beholdeth not — “turneth not to”; figuratively, for He cannot enjoy his pleasant possessions (Job 20:17; Job 15:33).
_ _ the way of the vineyards — including his fields, fertile as vineyards; opposite to “the way of the desert.”
Job 24:20
_ _ The womb — The very mother that bare him, and who is the last to “forget” the child that sucked her (Isaiah 49:15), shall dismiss him from her memory (Job 18:17; Proverbs 10:7). The worm shall suck, that is, “feed sweetly” on him as a delicate morsel (Job 21:33).
_ _ wickedness — that is, the wicked; abstract for concrete (as Job 5:16).
_ _ as a tree — utterly (Job 19:10); Umbreit better, “as a staff.” A broken staff is the emblem of irreparable ruin (Isaiah 14:5; Hosea 4:12). |
Job 24:20
Womb — His mother that bare him in her womb. Wickedness — The wicked man. Broken — Broken to pieces, or violently broken down, as the word signifies. Tree — Which being once broken down never grows again. |
Job 24:20
(u) 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.
(u) Though God tolerates the wicked for a time, yet their end will be vile destruction, and in this point Job commits to himself and shows his confidence. |
- the worm:
Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
Job 19:26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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- he shall be:
Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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.
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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- wickedness:
Job 14:7-10 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. ... But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
Job 18:16-17 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. ... His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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:
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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