Psalms Chapter 58 verse 8 Holy Bible
`Let them be' as a snail which melteth and passeth away, `Like' the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
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Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
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Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.
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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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As a snail that melteth he goeth on, `As' an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - As a snail which molteth, lot every one of them pass away; or, "let them be as a snail, which melteth and passeth away" (Revised Version). Snails in Palestine, during dry seasons, often shrink, shrivel up, and disappear from their shells (Tristram, 'Natural History of the Bible,' p. 296). Like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun; rather, that hath not seen the sun (Professor Cheyne, Revised Version); i.e. "let them be as an abortion" (comp. Job 3:16).