Job 24:20 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The wicked man will be forgotten even by his mother, consumed in the grave, and his evil snapped off like a felled tree.
What Does Job 24:20 Mean?
Job describes how completely the wicked pass away. The womb that bore him forgets him; the worm feeds on him in the ground; he is remembered no more. His wickedness, once seemingly mighty, is broken like a tree cut down, its proud branches brought to the earth.
Job is answering the apparent triumph of evil with its certain undoing. Scripture repeatedly contrasts the wicked, who vanish like a felled tree, with the righteous, who are planted like a tree by streams of water. The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked rots. In Christ, the tree of life replaces the broken tree of sin, and those who abide in Him are remembered before God forever.
Job 24:20 in the Original Language
rimmah (רִמָּה), 'worm' -- the maggot of decay, a stark emblem of the body's return to dust.
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What does Job 24:20 mean?
The wicked man will be forgotten even by his mother, consumed in the grave, and his evil snapped off like a felled tree.