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


In Context

5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O Lord , the fangs of the lions!

7 Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

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

9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns- whether they be green or dry-the wicked will be swept away.

10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

58:8Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall 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.