Job 24:20
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Daniel 4:14 He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
- Job 18:16–17 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.