Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree. New Living Translation Their own mothers will forget them. Maggots will find them sweet to eat. No one will remember them. Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm. English Standard Version The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.’ Berean Standard Bible The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree. New American Standard Bible “A mother will forget him; The maggot feeds sweetly until he is no longer remembered. And injustice will be broken like a tree. NASB 1995 “A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree. NASB 1977 “A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is remembered no more. And wickedness will be broken like a tree. Legacy Standard Bible A mother will forget him; The worm feasts sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And unrighteousness will be broken like a tree. Amplified Bible “A mother will forget him; The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored]. Christian Standard Bible The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree. Holman Christian Standard Bible The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version Forgotten here on earth, and with their power broken, they taste sweet to worms. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The womb forgets them. Worms feast on them. No one remembers them anymore, and wickedness is snapped like a twig. Good News Translation Not even their mothers remember them now; they are eaten by worms and destroyed like fallen trees. International Standard Version The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood. Majority Standard Bible The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. NET Bible The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down. New Heart English Bible The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe womb forgets him, "" The worm sweetens [on] him, "" He is remembered no more, "" And wickedness is broken as a tree. Young's Literal Translation Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. Smith's Literal Translation The womb shall forget him; the worm sucked him; he shall be no more remembered: and iniquity shall be broken as a tree. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLet mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree. Catholic Public Domain Version Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree. New American Bible May the womb forget him, may the worm find him sweet, may he no longer be remembered; And may wickedness be broken like a tree. New Revised Standard Version The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they were forgotten from the womb; the worm sucked them and the dead will not be remembered again, and the evil one will be broken like wood OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness is broken as a tree. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: Judgment for the Wicked…19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. 20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. 21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.… Cross References Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode. Psalm 49:19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day. 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. 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. Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. Psalm 88:5 I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. Psalm 88:12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? Psalm 103:16 when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten. Isaiah 14:11 Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket. Isaiah 14:20 You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned. Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” John 5:28-29 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Treasury of Scripture 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 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: 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. 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… Job 18:16,17 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off… 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: Jump to Previous Broken Dead Evil Feasts Feed Feedeth Feeds Forget Forgets Forgetteth Longer Memory Mother Public Remembered Rooted Squares Sweetly Tree Unrighteousness Wickedness Womb WormJump to Next Broken Dead Evil Feasts Feed Feedeth Feeds Forget Forgets Forgetteth Longer Memory Mother Public Remembered Rooted Squares Sweetly Tree Unrighteousness Wickedness Womb WormJob 24 1. Wickedness often goes unpunished17. There is a secret judgment for the wicked The womb forgets him This phrase evokes the imagery of a mother’s womb, which is typically associated with nurturing and remembrance. In Hebrew, the word for "womb" is "רֶחֶם" (rechem), which also conveys compassion and mercy. The idea here is that even the most intimate and nurturing source, the womb, forgets the wicked after death. This suggests a complete severance from life and memory, emphasizing the ultimate insignificance of the wicked in the grand scheme of God’s justice. Theologically, it underscores the belief that earthly ties and memories do not transcend into the afterlife for those who live in wickedness. the worm feasts on him he is remembered no more So wickedness is broken like a tree Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The wombרֶ֨חֶם ׀ (re·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7358: The womb forgets them; יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ (yiš·kā·ḥê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention the worm רִמָּ֗ה (rim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7415: A maggot feeds on them; מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ (mə·ṯā·qōw) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 4988: A dainty, food they are remembered יִזָּכֵ֑ר (yiz·zā·ḵêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no more. ע֥וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more So injustice עַוְלָֽה׃ (‘aw·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness is like a broken וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר (wat·tiš·šā·ḇêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces tree. כָּעֵ֣ץ (kā·‘êṣ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood Links Job 24:20 NIVJob 24:20 NLT Job 24:20 ESV Job 24:20 NASB Job 24:20 KJV Job 24:20 BibleApps.com Job 24:20 Biblia Paralela Job 24:20 Chinese Bible Job 24:20 French Bible Job 24:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 24:20 The womb shall forget him (Jb) |
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