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20 The womb forgets them;
    the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered;
    so wickedness is broken like a tree.

21 ‘They harm[a] the childless woman,
    and do no good to the widow.
22 Yet God[b] prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
    they rise up when they despair of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:21 Gk Tg: Heb feed on or associate with
  2. Job 24:22 Heb he

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