Job 24:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ He is swift as the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: He beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ [You say] Swiftly such men pass away on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; [no treader] turns into their vineyards.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They are scum on the water’s surface; their portion of the land is cursed; no one walks down a path in the vineyards.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ He is nimble on the surface of water. His place on land is to be accursed. May he not walk by way of the vineyards.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ He is light upon the face of the water. Cursed be his portion on the earth. Let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:18 Cross References

Job 22:11

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream:

Job 24:11

They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Job 24:6

They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 9:26

They are passed away as the swift ships: As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

Psalm 58:7

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Psalm 69:22

Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Isaiah 23:10

Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle about thee any more.

Malachi 2:2

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.