I shall say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ – to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister.’
Job 24:20 - The Scriptures 2009 The womb forgets him, the worm feeds sweetly on him; he is remembered no more, and wickedness is broken like a tree; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The womb shall forget him, the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered, and unrighteousness shall be broken like a tree [which cannot be healed]. [Prov. 10:7.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The womb forgets them; the worm consumes them; they aren’t remembered, and so wickedness is shattered like a tree. Catholic Public Domain Version Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness. Let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree. |
I shall say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ – to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister.’
He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; and uproots my expectancy like a tree.
and after my skin has been struck off, then in my flesh I shall see Eloah,
For now I would have been lying in peace. I would have slept – then I would have been at rest,
Pĕ The face of יהוה is against evil-doers, To cut off their remembrance from the earth.
The remembrance of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wrong ones rot.
And so I saw the wrong ones buried, and they came and went from the place of set-apartness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. That too is futile.
The dead do not live; the departed spirits do not rise. Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, and made all their remembrance to perish.
“Would a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Though they forget, I never forget you.
“He cried aloud and said this, ‘Hew down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
“And the axe is already laid to the root of the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.