Psalms 58:8

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

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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

7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

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Cross References

Job 10:19I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;

James 1:10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

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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