Job 24:20
The womb forgets them; worms feast upon them; they are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be remembered no more; and wickedness shall be broken like a tree.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The womb{H7358} shall forget{H7911} him; The worm{H7415} shall feed sweetly{H4988} on him; He shall be no more remembered;{H2142} And unrighteousness{H5766} shall be broken{H7665} as a tree.{H6086}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The womb{H7358} shall forget{H7911}{(H8799)} him; the worm{H7415} shall feed sweetly{H4988}{(H8804)} on him; he shall be no more remembered{H2142}{(H8735)}; and wickedness{H5766} shall be broken{H7665}{(H8735)} as a tree{H6086}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
O yt all copassion vpon the were forgotte: yt their daynties were wormes: that they were clene put out of remembraunce, & vtterly hewe downe like an vnfrutefull tre.
Geneva Bible (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.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The pitifull man shall forget hym, he shalbe sweete to the wormes, he shalbe no more remembred, & his wickednesse shalbe broken as a tree.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten `on' him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
American Standard Version (1901)
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 (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Dan 4:14 : 14 This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence by the command of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and He gives them to whomever He will and sets the lowliest of men over them.
- Job 18:16-17 : 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.
- Job 19:26 : 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.
- Job 14:7-9 : 7 At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail. 8 Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil, 9 at the scent of water it will bud and produce branches like a young plant. 10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?
- Job 17:14 : 14 and I call the pit my father, and the worm my mother and sister,
- Matt 3:10 : 10 Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Eccl 8:10 : 10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.
- Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.
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