Job 24:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 24:20 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten <FI>on<Fi> him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
- Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
- Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10Then 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.
- Isaiah 26:14The 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.
- Daniel 4:14He 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.
- Matthew 3:10The 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.
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