Psalms 58:8

as a snail which melts and passes away, [as] the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

In Context

7Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,

9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

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Cross References

Job 10:19I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man begets a hundred sons, and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

James 1:10but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:7-11

Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord . 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 10 The righteous shall… Read the whole commentary →

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