Job 24:19

Drought and heat speedily consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Swift are such men [to flee] on the face of the water; accursed is their field on the land; none of them turneth himself to the way, of the vineyards.

20The mother that bore such a one will forget him; the worm will feed sweetly on him; he will be no more remembered; and like a tree will wickedness be broken.

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Cross References

Job 6:15My brothers are treacherous as a brook, like flowing brooks they pass along;

Job 21:23That this one dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;

Psalms 49:14(49:15) Like flocks are they thrust into the nether world; death will feed them; but the upright shall have dominion over them in that morning, and their form wasteth away in the nether world, [taken away] from their own dwelling.

Psalms 68:2(68:3) As smoke is driven off, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:4For whoever is yet united with all the living hath still hope; for a living dog fareth 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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