Job 24:19
Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
In Context
Cross References
Job 6:15Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
Job 21:23This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
Psalms 49:14Like sheep—into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,—And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
Psalms 68:2As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about,—As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.
Ecclesiastes 9:4For, whosoever was united to all the living, for him, there was hope,—inasmuch as, a living dog, fared better than a dead lion.
Luke 16:22And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried away by the messengers, into the bosom of Abraham. And, 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 →