Psalms 58:8

Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

9As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

Read all of Psalms 58

Cross References

Job 10:19And that I were as I had not bene, but brought from the wombe to the graue!

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, and his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

James 1:10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Psalms 58:8