Job 24:19
Good News Translation
As snow vanishes in heat and drought, so sinners vanish from the land of the living.

New Revised Standard Version
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.

Contemporary English Version
Just as the heat of summer swallows the snow, the world of the dead swallows those who sin.

New American Bible
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters, Sheol, those who have sinned.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.

Drought

Job 6:15-17 My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. . . .

consume.

Job 21:23,32-34 One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy. . . .

Psalm 49:14 They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.

Psalm 58:8,9 Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun. . . .

Psalm 68:2 As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.

Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion. . . .

Luke 12:20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Luke 16:22 And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
18He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards. 19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.…
Cross References
Job 3:13
For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:

Job 6:16
They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them.

Job 6:17
At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot, they shall be melted out of their place.

Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.

Psalm 49:14
They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.

Job 24:18
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