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# Connecting Statement:
Job continues speaking.
# The womb
This refers to the mother. Alternate translation: "The mother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# the worm will feed sweetly on him
This means that he will die and worms will eat his body. Alternate translation: "the worm will enjoy eating his dead body" or "he will die and then his body will be eaten by worms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# he will be remembered no more
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "no one will remember him anymore" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
# wickedness will be broken like a tree
God's destruction of the wicked man is describes as if he were cutting down a tree. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God will destroy the wicked as if he were a tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])