20 [a]The pitiful man shall forget him: the worm shall feel his sweetness: he shall be no more remembered, and the wicked shall be broken like a tree.

21 He [b]doth evil entreat the barren that doth not bear, neither doeth he good to the widow.

22 He draweth also the [c]mighty by his power, and when he riseth up, none is sure of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:20 Though God suffer the wicked for a time, yet their end shall be most vile destruction, and in this point Job commiteth to himself, and showeth his confidence.
  2. Job 24:21 He showeth why the wicked shall not be lamented, because he did not pity others.
  3. Job 24:22 He declareth that after that the wicked have destroyed the weakest, they will do like to the stranger, and therefore are justly punished by God’s judgments.

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