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Psalm 58:8

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8Let them be as a snail which 1melts away as it goes along,

Like the amiscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. 1I.e. secretes slime

Cross references

  1. aJob 3:16; Eccl 6:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,

like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,

like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Like a slug that moves along in slime,

like a woman’s miscarried child,

may they not see the sun.

NLTNew Living Translation

May they be like snails that dissolve into slime,

like a stillborn child who will never see the sun.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let them be like a snail that melts away as it goes;

like the stillborn of woman that do not see the sun.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.