Psalms 58:8

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

Majority Standard Bible

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

7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.

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Cross References

Job 10:19If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

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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