Psalms 58:8
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.
As a snaile which melteth, let euery one of them passe away: like the vntimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sunne.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:3Rank 2 from verse 8
3¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
3¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and liue many yeeres, so that the dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his soule be not filled with good, and also that he haue no buriall, I say, that an vntimely birth is better then he.
- James 1:10Rank 3 from verse 8
- Psalms 37:35–36Rank 4 from verse 8
35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
35‖I haue seene the wicked in great power: and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
36Yet he passed away, and loe he was not: yea, I sought him, but hee could not be found.
- Matthew 24:35Rank 5 from verse 8
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Psalms 58:8
A slow creeping animal protected by a shell.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Third-person singular present form of melt. Sense 1: To make or become liquid or dissolved. Sense 2: To waste or lose substance. Sense 3: Figuratively, to lose courage or strength.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Happening before the usual time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The act or process of coming into life or bringing forth. Sense 2: That which is born; offspring. Sense 3: Origin, lineage, or one's place or condition as determined by birth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.
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The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.
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7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
7Let them melt away as waters, which runne continually: When he bendeth his bow to shoote his arrowes, let them be as cut in pieces.
8As 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.
8As a snaile which melteth, let euery one of them passe away: like the vntimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sunne.
Selected passage9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
9†Before your pots can feele the thornes, he shall take them away as with a whirlewind, both liuing, and in his wrath.