Job 24:19

As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So doth the grave the wicked.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18Light are they on the face of the waters; They have an accursed portion in the earth; They come not near the vineyards.

20His own mother forgetteth him; The worm feedeth sweetly on him; He is no more remembered, And iniquity is broken like a tree.

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Cross References

Job 6:15But my brethren are faithless like a brook; Like streams of the valley that pass away;

Job 21:23One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.

Psalms 68:2As smoke is dispersed, so thou dispersest them; As wax melteth before the fire, So perish the wicked before the face of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:4For who is there that is excepted? 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 was carried by the angels to the bosom of 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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