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Job 24:19
19Snow soon disappears when the weather is very hot or very dry. In the same way, death quickly takes away people who do bad things.
Job 24:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
- New International Version (NIV)As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned.
Context of Job 24:19
17They all like to do evil things at night, rather than in the light of morning. They are not afraid of things that happen in the dark, as other people are. 18You may say, “Floods of water carry away wicked people. God curses the land that belongs to them. Nobody goes to work in their vineyards. Snow soon disappears when the weather is very hot or very dry. In the same way, death quickly takes away people who do bad things. 20Their mothers soon forget them. Worms eat their bodies. No one remembers those wicked people. They are like dead trees that people have cut down. 21Those wicked people are cruel to women who have no children. They are not kind to widows.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:19 word by word
צִיָּ֤ה גַם־חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁ֗לֶג שְׁא֣וֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 24:19
- Job 6:15But you, my friends, have not helped me when I need you. You are like streams that quickly become dry. There is no water when you need it.
- Job 21:23One person has good health all his life. Even when he is ready to die, he still lives a safe and happy life.
- Psalms 49:14They will follow one another like sheep. Death will be their shepherd that leads them into their graves. But when the day arrives, righteous people will rule over them. They will no longer live in their great houses, but death will destroy their bodies in their graves.
- Psalms 58:8Cause them to be like a worm that melts as it moves along. Cause them to be like a child that is born dead and never sees the light of day.
- Psalms 68:2God, blow them away, as wind blows smoke away. Destroy those wicked people, as wax melts near a fire!
- Proverbs 14:32When wicked people are in trouble, they cannot stand. But righteous people still trust God, even when they are in danger of death.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4Anyone who is alive in the world has some hope for good things in the future. It is better to be a dog that is alive than to be a lion that is dead.
- Luke 12:20But then God said to the man, “You are a fool! Tonight you will die. You will have to leave everything behind that you have stored. Somebody else will have them, but you will not!” ’
- Luke 16:22Then Lazarus died and God's angels carried him away. They put him at the side of Abraham in heaven. The rich man then also died and his family buried him in the ground.
Commentaries on Job 24:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Drought and heat consume the snow-waters - The public cisterns or large tanks which had been filled with water by the melting of the snow on the mountains, and which water was stored for the irrigation of their lands, had been entirely exhausted by the intensity of the heat, and the long continuance of drought. So doth the grave those which have sinned - For this whole paragraph we have only two words in the original; viz., חטאו שאול sheol chatau, "the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Drought and heat consume the snow-waters - Margin, “violently take;” see the notes at Job 6:17. The word rendered “consume,” and in the margin “violently take” (יגזלו yı̂gâzelû ), means properly to strip off, as skin from the flesh; and then to pluck or tear away by force; to strip, to spoil, to rob. The meaning here is, that the heat seems to seize and carry away the snow waters - to bear them off, as a plunderer does spoil. There is much poetic beauty…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these notions are formed in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-24These ideas seem to go against Job's observations. Some scholars think Bildad or Zophar might have said them. However, Job might have been speaking against evil people, making fun of his friends' opinions by quoting them. Or he might have meant that the fate of evil people also affects those in a right relationship with God. His friends described this earlier (5:2–7; 15:17–25; 8:8–19; 18:5–21; 20:4–29; 21:23–26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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