Job 24:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the just 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 his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his 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 though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in 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 bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
• Job 17:14 : 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
• Matt 3:10 : 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Eccl 8:10 : 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.
• 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 their memory to perish.