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Job 24:20

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּyish.Ka.Che.huit forgets himH7911 →
רֶ֨חֶם׀Re.chem[the] wombH7358 →
מְתָ֘ק֤וֹme.Ta.Koit sucks on himH4985 →
רִמָּ֗הri.Mahmaggot[s]H7415 →
ע֥וֹדodagainH5750 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִזָּכֵ֑רyi.za.Kherhe is rememberedH2142 →
וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖רva.ti.sha.Verand it was brokenH7665 →
כָּעֵ֣ץka.'Etzlike <the> treeH6086 →
עַוְלָֽה׃'av.LahinjusticeH5766 →

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Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.Job 19:10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.Daniel 4:14He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.Job 18:16–17The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.Psalms 73:4They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.Job 14:7–10For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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