Verse List for JOB 24:20

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The womb will forget them—the worm will dine on them. ⇔ ≈ They won’t be remembered again—injustice is like a broken tree.

OET-LV It_forgets _him the_womb it_sucks _on _him maggot[s] again not he _is _remembered and_it _was _broken like_tree injustice.

ULT The womb will forget him, ⇔  the worm will dine on him, ⇔ until he is not remembered ⇔  and wickedness is broken like a tree,

UST When they die, maggots will eat their corpses, ⇔  and no one will remember them. ⇔  Even their mothers will forget about them! ⇔  Those wicked people will be like trees that fall down and rot.

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

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB The womb will forget him. ⇔  The worm will feed sweetly on him. ⇔  He will be no more remembered. ⇔  Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.

NET The womb forgets him, ⇔ the worm feasts on him, ⇔ no longer will he be remembered. ⇔ Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

LSV The womb forgets him,
The worm sweetens [on] him,
He is remembered no more,
And wickedness is broken as a tree.

FBV Even their mothers forget them, maggots feast on them, they are no longer remembered, and their wickedness becomes like a tree that is broken into pieces.

T4T Not even their mothers remember them now; ⇔  wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, ⇔  and maggots eat their corpses.

LEB • The womb forgets him.
• The maggot feasts on him until he is no longer remembered,
• and wickedness is broken like a[fn] tree.

BBE The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.

Moff The streets of his native place forget him, ⇔  his greatness is no more remembered, ⇔  he is uprooted like a rotten tree,

JPS 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.

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

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

RV 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.

SLT The womb shall forget him; the worm sucked him; he shall be no more remembered: and iniquity shall be broken as a tree.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 The wombe shall forget him, the worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee shall be no more remembred, and wickednes shalbe broken as a tree.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The pitifull man shall forget hym, he shalbe sweete to the wormes, he shalbe no more remembred, & his wickednesse shalbe broken as a tree.
(The pitiful man shall forget him, he shall be sweet to the wormes, he shall be no more remembered, and his wickedness shall be broken as a tree.)

Gnva The pitifull man shall forget him: the worme shall feele his sweetenes: he shalbe no more remembered, and the wicked shalbe broke like a tree.
(The pitiful man shall forget him: the worm shall feel his sweetenes: he shall be no more remembered, and the wicked shall be broke like a tree.)

Cvdl O yt all copassion vpon the were forgotte: yt their daynties were wormes: that they were clene put out of remembraunce, & vtterly hewe downe like an vnfrutefull tre.
(Oh it all compassion upon the were forgotte: it their daynties were wormes: that they were clean put out of remembrance, and utterly hew/chop down like an unfruitful tree.)

Wycl Merci foryete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful.
(Merci forget him; his sweetness be a worm; be he not in mind, but be he all to-brokun as a tree unfruytful.)

Luth Es werden sein vergessen die Barmherzigen; seine Lust wird wurmig werden; sein wird nicht mehr gedacht; er wird zerbrochen werden wie ein fauler Baum.
(It become be forget the merciful; his desire/lust(n) becomes wurmig become; be becomes not more thought; he becomes broken become as/like a lazier tree.)

ClVg Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.[fn]
(Obliviscatur his/her mercy; sweetness/charm of_that worms: not/no be in/into/on remembrancene, but conteratur as_if wood/timber infructuosum.)

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

BrLXX Εἶτʼ ἀνεμνήσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ ἁμαρτία· ὥσπερ δὲ ὁμίχλη δρόσου ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο· ἀποδοθείη δὲ αὐτῷ ἃ ἔπραξε, συντριβείη δὲ πᾶς ἄδικος ἶσα ξύλῳ ἀνιάτῳ.

BrTr Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.