Psalms 58:8

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

Revised Version 1895

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 away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, 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 beget an hundred children and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

James 1:10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall 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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