Job 24:20
ContextNET © | The womb 1 forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down. |
NIV © | The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree. |
NASB © | "A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree. |
NLT © | Even the sinner’s own mother will forget him. Worms will find him sweet to eat. No one will remember him. Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm. |
MSG © | The womb has forgotten them, worms have relished them--nothing that is evil lasts. |
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. |
NRSV © | The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree. |
NKJV © | The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree. |
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LXXM | aniatw {A-DSN} |
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NET © | The womb 1 forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Here “womb” is synecdoche, representing one’s mother. |