The Meaning of Job 24:20 Explained

Job 24:20

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.

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

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

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.

Discover Job 24:20

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:20?

MEANING: What does Job 24:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:20?

What is the context of Job 24:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Job 24:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter

Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.

In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

¹ Wickedness often goes unpunished
¹⁷ There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:20 mean?

[should] forget him the womb [should] feed sweetly on him the worm more no He [should] be remembered and [should] be broken like a tree wickedness

יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ רֶ֨חֶם ׀ מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ רִמָּ֗ה ע֥וֹד לֹֽא־ יִזָּכֵ֑ר וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר כָּעֵ֣ץ עַוְלָֽה

יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ	[should] forget him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: כָּשַׁח Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.
רֶ֨חֶם ׀	the womb
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: רֶחֶם Sense: womb.
מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ	[should] feed sweetly on him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: מָתַק Sense: (Qal) to feed sweetly.
רִמָּ֗ה	the worm
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: רִמָּה Sense: maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay).
ע֥וֹד	more
Parse: Adverb Root: עֹוד Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
לֹֽא־	no
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִזָּכֵ֑ר	He [should] be remembered
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: זָכַר Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר	and [should] be broken
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: שָׁבוּר Sense: to break, break in pieces.
כָּעֵ֣ץ	like a tree
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵץ Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
עַוְלָֽה	wickedness
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: עָוֶל Sense: injustice, unrighteousness, wrong.

What are the major concepts related to Job 24:20?

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