20The 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.


In Context

17 For the morning is to them even as the shades of death: if one knoweth them, they are in the terrors of the shades of death.

18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19 Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned.

20 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.

21 He oppresseth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Job 24:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:20The 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:20The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:20The 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:20The 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:20The 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.