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


In Context

5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

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

9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

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 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 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.