Job 24:19

Just as heat and drought dry up snowmelt, so Sheol takes away those who have sinned.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Like bubbles on the surface of a river they are quickly carried away. The land they own is cursed by God. They don't enter their own vineyards.

20Even their mothers forget them, maggots feast on them, they are no longer remembered, and their wickedness becomes like a tree that is broken into pieces.

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Cross References

Job 6:15My brothers have acted as deceptively as a desert stream, rushing waters in the desert that vanish.

Job 21:23One person dies in good health, totally comfortable and secure.

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for the grave. Death will be their shepherd. Those who live right will rule over them in the morning. Their bodies will decay in the grave, far from their homes.

Psalms 68:2Blow them away as if they were smoke; melt them like beeswax in a fire. Let the wicked die in God's presence.

Ecclesiastes 9:4But the living still have hope—a live dog is better than a dead lion!

Luke 16:22Then the beggar died, and angels carried him away to be with Abraham. 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 →

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