| Job 24:20 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | The womb forgets them. Worms feast on them. No one remembers them anymore, and wickedness is snapped like a twig.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| BBE: | The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree. |
| DBY: | The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, -- |
| ERV: | 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. |
| JPS: | The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree. |
| WBS: | 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 shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. |
| YLT: | Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. |
| Job 24:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Job 18:17 "Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
Job 19:10 "He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
Job 21:26 "Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
Psalm 34:16 The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 49:15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
Daniel 4:14 'He shouted out and spoke as follows: "Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the beasts flee from under it And the birds from its branches. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 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. |
| WES: | 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. |
| MHC: | 24:18-25 Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wise providence. Let us apply this whenever the Lord may try us. He cannot do wrong. The unequalled sorrows of the Son of God when on earth, unless looked at in this view, perplex the mind. But when we behold him, as the sinner's Surety, bearing the curse, we can explain why he should endure that wrath which was due to sin, that Divine justice might be satisfied, and his people saved. |
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