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.
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Gill's Exposition
As a snail which melteth, let everyone of them pass away,.... As a snail when it comes out of its shell liquefies, drops its moisture, and with it makes a "path", from whence it has its name in the…
Barnes' Notes
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away - Or rather, As the snail which melteth as it goes; that is, which leaves a slimy trail as it moves along, and thus melts away the more as it…
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I. David's prayers against his enemies, and all the enemies of God's church and people; for it is as such that he looks upon them, so that he was actuated by a public spirit…
Cambridge Bible
Let them be like a snail which melts away and is gone:
Like the untimely births of women, that have not seen the sun.
Two more figures for the destruction of the wicked: let them melt away; nay,…
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