Job 24:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 24:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 24:20 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be b..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 24:20 — KJV
“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.”
— Job 24:20 (KJV)
Job 24:20 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 24:20
“But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread”
Shares key themes with Job 24:20: more, remembered, tree
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:20: more, tree
“And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:20: womb, remembered
“And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:20: more, wickedness
“And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?”
Shares key themes with Job 24:20: womb, more
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