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The Book of Job, Chapter 24, Verse 21

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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.
King James Version
He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
American Standard Version
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
New English Translation
He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.
World English Bible
He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
22
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
23
[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
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And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
1
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2
Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?
5
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
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How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?