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20 The womb forgets him.
The maggot feasts on him until he is no longer remembered,
and wickedness is broken like a[a] tree.
21 He feeds on the barren, who does not have a child,
and does no good to the widow.
22 Yet[b] he[c] carries off the tyrants by his strength;
if he rises up, then[d] he[e] cannot be certain of life.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:20 Or “the”
  2. Job 24:22 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 24:22 The probable antecedent is God
  4. Job 24:22 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 24:22 The antecedent of the singular here probably changes to the wicked person
  6. Job 24:22 Hebrew “the life”