Job 24:19

In 11 translations

BSB

As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

KJV

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.consume: Heb. violently take

WEB

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned.

LSV

Drought—also heat—consume snow-waters, || Sheol—[those who] have sinned.

YLT

Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

As the dry ground and heate consume the snowe waters, so shall the graue the sinners.

JPS

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.

LXXE

Let them be withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.

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WLC

צִיָּ֤ה גַם־חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁ֗לֶג שְׁא֣וֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃

LXX-Br

ἀναφανείη δὲ τὰ φυτὰ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ξηρά· ἀγκαλίδα γὰρ ὀρφανῶν ἥρπασαν.

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• Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
• Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
• Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Ecclesiastes 9:4–6There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the…
• Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
• Job 6:15–17But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow, darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow, but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
• Job 21:32–34He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number. So how can you comfort me with empty words?…
• Job 21:23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
• Psalms 58:8–9Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun. Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

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