SEV Biblia, Chapter 24:19
La sequía y el calor arrebatan las aguas de la nieve; y el sepulcro a los pecadores.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 24:19
Verse 19. Drought and heat consume the snow-waters ] The public cisterns or large tanks which had been filled with water by the melting of the snow on the mountains, and which water was stored for the irrigation of their lands, had been entirely exhausted by the intensity of the heat, and the long continuance of drought. So doth the grave those which have sinned. ] For this whole paragraph we have only two words in the original; viz., wafj lwa sheol chatau, "the pit, they have sinned;" which Mr. Good translates: - "They fall to their lowest depth." I believe the meaning to be, - even the deepest tanks, which held most water, and retained it longest, had become exhausted; so that expectation and succour were cut off from this as well as from every other quarter. I have elsewhere shown that lwa sheol signifies, not only hell and the grave, but any deep pit; and, also, that afj chata signifies to miss the mark. Mr. Good, properly aware of these acceptations of the original words, has translated as above; and it is the only ground on which any consistent meaning can be given to the original.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-25 - Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicke person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties an oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There wil often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that thes notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wis providence. Let us apply this whenever the Lord may try us. He cannot do wrong. The unequalled sorrows of the Son of God when on earth unless looked at in this view, perplex the mind. But when we behol him, as the sinner's Surety, bearing the curse, we can explain why he should endure that wrath which was due to sin, that Divine justic might be satisfied, and his people saved __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ציה 6723 גם 1571 חם 2527 יגזלו 1497 מימי 4325 שׁלג 7950 שׁאול 7585 חטאו׃ 2398
