8Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.


In Context

5 Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

6 God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

7 They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

8 Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.

9 Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

10 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

Psalm 58:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

58:8As 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

58:8Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

58:8Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

58:8Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

58:8Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

58:8As 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

58:8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

58:8As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

58:8As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.