Psalms 58:8

\58:7\Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

Bible in Basic English

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

7\58:6\O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

9\58:8\Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

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Cross References

Job 10:19And for me to have been as if I had not been; to have been taken from my mother's body straight to my last resting-place.

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

James 1:10But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

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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