Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.
New American Standard Bible
So does
King James Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Holman Bible
so Sheol
A Conservative Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.
American Standard Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters:'so doth'sheol those that have sinned.
Amplified
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.
Bible in Basic English
Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
Darby Translation
Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
Julia Smith Translation
Dryness, also heat, will strip the snow waters: hades him sinning.
King James 2000
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those who have sinned.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Drought and heat snatch away [the] snow waters, [like] Sheol [snatches away] those [who have] sinned.
Modern King James verseion
Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave those who have sinned.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that they, for the wickedness which they have done, were drawn to the hell, sooner than snow melteth at the heat.
NET Bible
The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
New Heart English Bible
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
The Emphasized Bible
Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned.
Webster
Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned.
World English Bible
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
Youngs Literal Translation
Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
18 "They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards. 19 As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners. 20 The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.
Cross References
Job 21:13
They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.
Job 6:15-17
But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.
Job 21:23
Such persons will die in their full vigor, completely prosperous and secure.
Job 21:32-34
when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.
Psalm 58:8-9
May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
"While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion."
Luke 12:20
But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'
Luke 16:22
"One day, the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.