Job 24:18–21

“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;

their portion is cursed in the land;

no treader turns toward their vineyards.

Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;

so does Sheol those who have sinned.

The womb forgets them;

the worm finds them sweet;

they are no longer remembered,

so wickedness is broken like a tree.’

“They wrong the barren, childless woman,

and do no good to the widow.

“Yet they are foam on the surface of the water;

their portion of the land is cursed,

so that no one goes to the vineyards.

As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,

so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

The womb forgets them,

the worm feasts on them;

the wicked are no longer remembered

but are broken like a tree.

They prey on the barren and childless woman,

and to the widow they show no kindness.

They float on the surface of the water.

Their section of the land is cursed,

so that they never go to their vineyards.

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,

so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

The womb forgets them;

worms feed on them;

they are remembered no more.

So injustice is broken like a tree.

They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,

and do not deal kindly with the widow.

“But they disappear like foam down a river.

Everything they own is cursed,

and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.

The grave consumes sinners

just as drought and heat consume snow.

Their own mothers will forget them.

Maggots will find them sweet to eat.

No one will remember them.

Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.

They cheat the woman who has no son to help her.

They refuse to help the needy widow.

“He himself is swift on the water’s surface;

their portion is cursed in the land.

No one turns toward the path of their vineyards.

Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters,

like Sheol snatches away those who have sinned.

The womb forgets him.

The maggot feasts on him until he is no longer remembered,

and wickedness is broken like a tree.

He feeds on the barren, who does not have a child,

and does no good to the widow.

He is swift as the waters;

Their portion is cursed in the earth:

He beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

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.

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:

And doeth not good to the widow.