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Psalm 58:8

American Standard Version

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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Psalm 58:8 in other translations

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

Psalm 58:8 · World English Bible

Psalm 58:8 in context

  1. 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
  2. 7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
  3. 8Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
  4. 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
  5. 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;