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.In other versions
`Let them be' as a snail which melteth and passeth away, `Like' the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
ASV
Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
BBE
Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.
DBY
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
WEB
As a snail that melteth he goeth on, `As' an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
YLT
As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
ENG
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
WBT
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
BSB
In context
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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.
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.
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.