Job 24:20
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.
KJV
Obliviscatur ejus misericordia ; dulcedo illius vermes : non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.
Vulgate
εἶτ’ ἀνεμνήσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ ἁμαρτία· ὥσπερ δὲ ὁμίχλη δρόσου ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο· ἀποδοθείη δὲ αὐτῷ ἃ ἔπραξεν, συντριβείη δὲ πᾶς ἄδικος ἴσα ξύλῳ ἀνιάτῳ.
LXX
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.
ASV
יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤/הוּ רֶ֨חֶם מְתָ֘ק֤/וֹ רִמָּ֗ה ע֥וֹד לֹֽא יִזָּכֵ֑ר וַ/תִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר כָּ/עֵ֣ץ עַוְלָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 4:14 — 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 — His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
- Job 19:10 — He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
- Prov 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
- Ps 73:4 — For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.