Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Job 24:20
Even she whose womb bore the sinner shall forget him; none shall find pleasure in him but the worm, to whose taste he shall be sweet.
Even she whose womb bore the sinner shall forget him; none shall find pleasure in him but the worm, to whose taste he shall be sweet.
Verse Job 24:20. _THE WOMB SHALL FORGET HIM_] The mother that bare him shall have no affection for him, nor be afflicted at his death. But the word רחם _rechem_ signifies _compassion, mercy_. _Mercy_...
THE WOMB SHALL FORGET HIM - His mother who bare him shall forget him. The idea here seems to be, that he shall fade out of the memory, just as other persons do. He shall not be overtaken with any disg...
CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_ 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1) 4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...
JOB 24. This chapter has since Merx in 1871 been subjected to much criticism, the general trend of which has been to deny the whole or a considerable part of the chapter to Job. Peake, however, consid...
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _'aval_. App-44. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the wicked man....
c. The unhappy fate of the wicked (Job 24:18-25) TEXT 24:18-25 18 SWIFTLY THEY _PASS AWAY_ UPON THE FACE OF THE WATERS; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the viney...
_HE IS SWIFT AS THE WATERS; THEIR PORTION IS CURSED IN THE EARTH: HE BEHOLDETH NOT THE WAY OF THE VINEYARDS._ In these verses Job quotes the opinion of his adversaries, ironically: he quoted them so b...
JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-25. Job continues to express his perplexity at the ways of Providence in the ordering of the world. The poor and the weak suffer; violence and wrong go unpunished....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 24 JOB CONTINUES HIS SPEECH...
Wicked people may continue their evil behaviour for a long time. But in the end, they will die. And then, they cannot continue their evil deeds. They will not return from hell. They will never carry o...
THE WOMB SHALL FORGET HIM. — Some understand this verse as expressing what _ought_ rather to be the doom of the wicked. “His own mother _should_ forget him; the worm should feed sweetly on him; he sho...
יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ רֶ֨חֶם ׀ מְתָ֘קֹ֤ו רִמָּ֗ה עֹ֥וד לֹֽא...
XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1; Job 24:1 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again today, my plain...
NOT HERE, BUT HEREAFTER Job 24:1 Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life o...
Passing from the personal aspect of his problem, Job considered it in its wider application. He asked the reason of God's noninterference, and then proceeded to describe the evidences of it. Men still...
(u) The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. (u) Though God tolerates the wicked for a time, yet their...
_Sweetness. These will inherit him; (Haydock) for here all his pleasures will terminate. (Calmet)_...
(11) Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (12) Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. ...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
THE WOMB SHALL FORGET HIM,.... His mother that bore him; or his wife, by whom he had many children; or his friend, as Gersom, who had a tender and affectionate respect for him; these all, and each of...
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. Ver. 20. _The womb shall forget him_] Some read it, The mercif...
_The womb shall forget him_ His mother that bare him, and much more the rest of his friends, shall seldom or never mention or remember him, but shall rather be ashamed to own their relation to one tha...
Other Cases seem to Support Job's Idea...
The womb, the mother who bore him, SHALL FORGET HIM; THE WORM SHALL FEED SWEETLY ON HIM, enjoying the pleasant meal which his dead body offers; HE SHALL BE NO MORE REMEMBERED; AND WICKEDNESS SHALL BE...
DOES GOD FAIL TO GOVERN PROPERLY? (vv.1-12) "Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? Why do not they who know Him see His days?" (v.1 - JND trans.) Job wonders why God (who is Almighty) do...
The wicked are forgotten by their parents, only remembered by the worm that is feeding on their decaying bodies in the grave, and their wickedness will be eventually broken like. felled tree....
18-25 Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other m...
His mother that bare him in her womb, and much more the rest of his friends, shall seldom or never remember or mention him, to wit, with honour and comfort, but shall rather be afraid and ashamed to o...
Job 24:20 womb H7358 forget H7911 (H8799) worm H7415 sweetly H4988 (H8804) remembered H2142 (H8735) wickedness...
Job 24:1. _Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?_ «Why do they live so long? Why do they appear to have such prosperity?» Job 24:2. Some remove...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. The prosperity of the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: Though wicked men seem sometimes to be under the special protection of divine providence, e...
Job 24:3. _They drive away the ass of the fatherless._ In Job's time there was no regular government or empire, to bring neighbouring tyrants to justice; proof sufficient that this book is of the high...
_Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty._ GREAT CRIMES NOT ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY GREAT PUNISHMENT IN THIS LIFE I. Great crimes have prevailed on the earth from the earliest times. Amongst t...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:1 Job wishes that God’s plans for the world and for Job would be more apparent. ⇐ ⇔...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:18 Job restates his friends’ assertions to show that they seem to ignore the actual state of affairs on earth. ⇐...
_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_ Prosecutes his own view of the Divine government. Enlarges on the crimes of one part of men and the sufferings of another as the consequences of them, to shew...
EXPOSITION The general subject of this chapter is the prosperity of the wicked, whose proceedings and their results are traced out in detail (Job 24:2). A single note of perplexity (Job 24:1) forms a...
Now, why, seeing the times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? Some [now you've accused me of these things, but there are some] that remove the landmarks; and vio...
Daniel 4:14; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Isaiah 26:14; Job 14:7; Job 17:14;...
Womb — His mother that bare him in her womb. Wickedness — The wicked man. Broken — Broken to pieces, or violently broken down, as the word signifies. Tree — Which being once broken down never grows ag...