Job 24:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

Job 24:20 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Daniel 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 18:16-17
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. …
Isaiah 26:14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Topics

Avenger of Blood Commandments Crime Dead (people)Death Dying Fratricide Homicide

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-25)

Job here, in the conclusion of his discourse, I. Gives some further instances of the wickedness of these cruel bloody men. 1. Some are pirates and robbers at sea. To this many learned interpreters apply those difficult expressions (Job 24:18), He is swift upon the waters. Privateers choose those ships that are the best sailors. In these swift ships they cruise from one channel to another, to pick…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).