Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Job 24:19 in other translations
| BSB | As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. |
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| WEB | Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned. |
| ASV | Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned. |
| YLT | Drought--also heat--consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned. |
| DARBY | Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned. |
| BBE | Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld. |
| Webster | Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned. |
What does Job 24:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:2-25
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:18-25
Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these…
Job 24:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:19
- Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
- Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Luke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
- Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
- Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
- Job 21:32-34
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
- Job 21:23
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
- Job 6:15-17
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
- Psalms 58:8-9
As 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. Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Job 24:18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
- Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
- Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 24:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La sequía y el calor arrebatan las aguas de la nieve; y el sepulcro á los pecadores. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La sécheresse et la chaleur emportent l’eau de neige; ainsi le shéol fait-il de ceux qui ont péché. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dürre und Hitze raffen Schneewasser hinweg: so der Scheol, die gesündigt haben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, et usque ad inferos peccatum illius. |