| Geneva Study Bible Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which {t} have sinned. (t) As the dry ground is never full with waters, so will they never cease sinning till they come to the grave. King James Translators' Notes consume: Heb. violently take Scofield Reference Notes Margin grave Heb. "Sheol," See Scofield Note: "Hab 2:5" Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 19. Arabian image; melted snow, as contrasted with the living fountain, quickly dries up in the sunburnt sand, not leaving a trace behind (Job 6:16-18). The Hebrew is terse and elliptical to express the swift and utter destruction of the godless; (so) "the grave-they have sinned!" Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 24:18-25 Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will 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 these notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wise 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 behold 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 justice might be satisfied, and his people saved. | 
