SEV Biblia, Chapter 24:20
El Misericordioso se olvidará de ellos; de ellos sentirán los gusanos dulzura; nunca más habrá de ellos memoria, y como un árbol será quebrantada la iniquidad.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 24:20
Verse 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 µjr rechem signifies compassion, mercy. Mercy shall be unmindful of him. How dreadful such a state! When mercy itself forgets the sinner, his perdition slumbereth not. The worm shall feed sweetly on him- The Chaldee has, "The cruel, who have neglected to commiserate the poor, shall be sweet to the worms." He shall be brought into a state of the greatest degradation, and shall be no more remembered.
And wickedness shall be broken as a tree. ] He shall be as a rotten or decayed tree, easily broken to pieces. If it were clear that hlw[ avlah, here rendered wickedness, has the same sense as hl[ aleh, a leaf, sucker, or shoot, then we might translate according to the ingenious version of Mr. Good; viz., But the shoot shall be broken off as a tree; which might, in this case, be supposed to refer to illicit commerce, the fruit of the womb becoming abortive.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-25 - Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicke person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties an oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There wil often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that thes notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wis providence. Let us apply this whenever the Lord may try us. He cannot do wrong. The unequalled sorrows of the Son of God when on earth unless looked at in this view, perplex the mind. But when we behol him, as the sinner's Surety, bearing the curse, we can explain why he should endure that wrath which was due to sin, that Divine justic might be satisfied, and his people saved __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ישׁכחהו 7911 רחם 7358 מתקו 4988 רמה 7415 עוד 5750 לא 3808 יזכר 2142 ותשׁבר 7665 כעץ 6086 עולה׃ 5766
