Psalms 58:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Psalms 58:8 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As a snail that melteth he goeth on, <FI>As<Fi> an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 58:8 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
- Job 10:19If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
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