Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
In Context
Cross References
Job 6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Ecclesiastes 9:4For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham`s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:19-25
Ultimate Ruin of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. 20 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. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he… Read the whole commentary →