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20 The womb will forget them.
    Maggots will find them to be a delicacy!
They won’t be remembered anymore,
    their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.[a]

21 “They prey on the barren woman,
    and do no favors for widows.
22 God[b] prolongs the life of the strong by his power,
    but they get up in the morning[c] without purpose in life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:20 Lit. like a tree
  2. Job 24:22 Lit. He
  3. Job 24:22 The Heb. lacks in the morning