19 Dryness and heat (A)snatch away the snow waters,
As [a](B)Sheol snatches those who have sinned.
20 A [b](C)mother will forget him;
The (D)maggot feeds sweetly until he is (E)no longer remembered.
And injustice will be broken (F)like a tree.
21 He wrongs the [c]infertile woman,
And does no good for (G)the widow.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:19 I.e., the netherworld
  2. Job 24:20 Lit womb
  3. Job 24:21 Lit infertile who does not bear

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