Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away 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 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.
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 "You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard. 19 The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned. 20 The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
Cross References
Job 21:13
They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
Job 6:15-17
My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
Job 21:23
"One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,
Job 21:32-34
And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,
Psalm 49:14
They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.
Psalm 58:8-9
Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
Luke 16:22
"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.