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The Book of Job, Chapter 24, Verse 19

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He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
King James Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.
American Standard Version
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.
New English Translation
The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.
World English Bible
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
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They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
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And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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Dominion and fear [are] with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
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Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?