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Job 24:20

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.

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יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּyishkachehvforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “forget”, an unfinished actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.רֶ֨חֶםrechemwombרֶחֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “womb”, the ordinary formH7358the wombmatrix, womb.מְתָ֘ק֤וֹmetaqvofeed sweetlyמָתָקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “feed sweetly”, a completed actionH4988a dainty, i.e. (generally) foodfeed sweetly.רִמָּ֗הrimahwormרִמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “worm”, the ordinary formH7415a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figurativelyworm.ע֥וֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִזָּכֵ֑רyizakherbe maleזָכַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be male”, an unfinished actionH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖רvatishaverand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and break”, the next action in the storyH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).כָּעֵ֣ץkaetsas treeעֵץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.עַוְלָֽהavlahiniquityעֶוֶלnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “iniquity”, the ordinary formH5766(moral) eviliniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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