Job 24:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ רֶ֨חֶם ׀ מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ רִמָּ֗ה ע֥וֹד לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֑ר וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר כָּעֵ֣ץ עַוְלָֽה

Transliteration

Yiškāḥēhû reḥem his mətāqô rimmâ still lōʾ-yizzāḵēr watiššābēr kāʿēṣ ʿawlâ

Grammar Details

*Yiškāḥēhû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'forgets him'
*reḥem*: noun masculine singular - 'womb'
*mətāqô*: adjective masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his sweetness'
*rimmâ*: noun feminine singular - 'worm/maggot'
*lōʾ-yizzāḵēr*: negative particle + niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he is not remembered'
*watiššābēr*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'and she/it is broken'
*kāʿēṣ*: preposition *kə* + definite article + noun masculine singular - 'like the tree'
*ʿawlâ*: noun feminine singular - 'injustice/unrighteousness'

Word Meanings

*Yiškāḥēhû*: forgets him/no longer remembers him
*reḥem*: womb/mother's belly
*mətāqô*: his sweetness/his pleasantness
*rimmâ*: worm/maggot/decay
*yizzāḵēr*: is remembered/is brought to mind
*watiššābēr*: and she/it is broken/shattered
*ʿēṣ*: tree/wood/timber
*ʿawlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wickedness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
Dan 4:14 : 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
Job 18:16-17 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
Job 19:26 : 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
Job 14:7-9 : 7 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. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 17:14 : 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
Matt 3:10 : 10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Eccl 8:10 : 10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave]; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.
Isa 26:14 : 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 remembrance of them to perish.

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