Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave those who have sinned.
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
International Standard Version
As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.
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 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 He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave those who have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be remembered no more; and injustice shall be broken like a tree.
Cross References
Job 21:13
They spend their days in good, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Job 6:15-17
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents,
Job 21:23
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 21:32-34
Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and watch shall be kept over his tomb.
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall reign for them; and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; and their form is for rotting; the grave is their home.
Psalm 58:8-9
Let them be as a snail goes into melting; as a miscarriage of a woman, they do not see the sun.
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
Luke 16:22
And it happened that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich one also died and was buried.