Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] 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.
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 are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.
“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].
Cross References
Job 21:13
“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity,
And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.
Job 6:15-17
“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,
Job 21:23
“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
Job 21:32-34
“When he is carried to his grave,
A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
Psalm 58:8-9
Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
[There is no exemption,] but whoever is joined with all the living, has hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Luke 12:20
Luke 16:22