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Job 24:19
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his companions while detailing the unmarked demise of the wicked, immediately following a description of their cursed land and preceding a note on their total erasure from memory.
The words — יִגְזְל֥וּ (yig.ze.Lu) literally means "they snatch away," and שְׁא֣וֹל (she.'ol) denotes the realm of the dead.
The thread — The sudden descent to Sheol recurs in Job 21:13 and Psalm 49:14, while Proverbs 14:32 contrasts the wicked’s downfall with the righteous’s refuge.
Why it lands — The verse demands acknowledgment that wicked prosperity is temporary and that divine judgment operates without visible warning or public ceremony.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Cross-references
- Psalms 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- Job 21:13 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
- Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Luke 16:22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- Psalms 68:2 As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even 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 required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Job 6:15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
- Job 21:23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
- Job 21:32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.