American Standard Version
"Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned. "
— Job 24:19, American Standard Version
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.”
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.”
“The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.”
“Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.”
“Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.”
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.”
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned.
The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
YetGod preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.