Job 24:19

Let them be withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

In Context

18He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.

20Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.

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Cross References

Job 6:15My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.

Job 21:23One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;

Psalms 49:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.

Psalms 68:2Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

Ecclesiastes 9:4For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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 →

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