19 “Drought and heat [a](A)consume the snow waters,
So does [b](B)Sheol those who have sinned.
20 “A [c](C)mother will forget him;
The (D)worm feeds sweetly till he is (E)no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken (F)like a tree.
21 “He wrongs the [d]barren woman
And does no good for (G)the widow.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 24:19 Lit seize
  2. Job 24:19 I.e. nether world
  3. Job 24:20 Lit womb
  4. Job 24:21 Lit barren who does not bear