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Job 24:19–20

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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
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.
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From verse 19

  1. Psalms 49:14Rank 1 from verse 19
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    14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

  2. Job 21:13Rank 2 from verse 19
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    13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

  3. Luke 16:22Rank 3 from verse 19
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    22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

  4. Proverbs 14:32Rank 4 from verse 19
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    32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  5. Ecclesiastes 9:4–6Rank 5 from verse 19
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    4¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

    5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

From verse 20

  1. Proverbs 10:7Rank 1 from verse 20
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    7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  2. Daniel 4:14Rank 2 from verse 20
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    14He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

  3. Job 18:16–17Rank 3 from verse 20
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    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

  4. Ecclesiastes 8:10Rank 4 from verse 20
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    10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

  5. Isaiah 26:14Rank 5 from verse 20
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    14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

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Job 24:19

COMBINED MEANING

heat

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Sense 1: Warmth or high temperature. Sense 2: To make or become hot.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

consume

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1. To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. 2. To waste away or be exhausted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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snow

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Frozen white precipitation falling from clouds and covering the earth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Job 24:20

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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forget

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To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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worm

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Sense 1: A small creeping creature, larva, grub, caterpillar, maggot, or similar animal. Sense 2: By figure, a despised or abased being.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

feed

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Sense 1: To give or take food; to nourish, tend, or graze. Sense 2: Food for animals.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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remembered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remember. Sense 1: To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. Sense 2: To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. Sense 3: To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

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20The 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.

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21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

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