19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.


In Context

16 In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

17 For all of them, deep darkness is their morning ; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.

18 "Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.

19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

20 The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.

21 They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow show no kindness.

Job 24:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters:'so doth'sheol those that have sinned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth Sheol those which have sinned.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those which have sinned.