# Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away

No longer existing is spoken of as melting and disappearing. Alternate translation: "Let the wicked vanish like a snail that melts and no longer exists" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])

# snail

small animal that the Israelites considered unclean and that looks like it is melting as it moves by sliding over slime it has produced

# like the untimely born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight

Not existing is spoken of as being like a baby that is born dead. Alternate translation: "like a baby who is born too early too live and see the sunlight" or "like a baby that was born dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])