Job 18:21 - Easy To Read Version That really will happen\par to the evil person’s home.\par This is what will happen to the person\par that does not care about God!”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, and such is the place of him who knows not (recognizes not and honors not) God. American Standard Version (1901) Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God. Common English Bible These are surely the dwelling places of the evil; this is the place of the one who doesn’t know God. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful, and this the place of he who does not know God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God. |
“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve God with a pure heart. Be happy in your heart (mind) to serve God. Why? Because the Lord knows what is in every person’s heart (mind). The Lord understands everything you think. If you go to the Lord for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from the Lord, he will leave you forever.
That is what God will do to evil people.\par That is what God plans to give them.”\par
But evil people say to God,\par ‘Leave us alone!\par We don’t care what you want us to do!’\par
You might say:\par ‘Show me a good man’s house.\par Now, show me where evil people live.’\par
God, turn your anger against the nations that don’t know you.\par Turn your anger against nations\par that don’t worship your name.\par
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him? Why should I let Israel go? I don’t even know who this Lord is, so I refuse to let Israel go.”
If you are angry, then punish the other nations.\par They don’t know or respect you.\par Those people don’t worship you.\par Those nations destroyed Jacob’s family.\par They destroyed Israel completely.\par They destroyed Israel’s homeland.\par
“Those people use their tongues like a bow;\par lies fly from their mouths like arrows.\par Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land.\par Those people go from one sin to another.\par They don’t know me.”\par The Lord said these things.\par
People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.
Don’t let your physical desires control you. The people of the world who don’t know God do that.
He will come from heaven with burning fire to punish those people who don’t know God. He will punish those people who refuse to accept the Good News {\cf2\super [1]} about our Lord Jesus Christ.
Those people say they know God. But the evil things those people do show that they don’t accept God. They are disgusting people. They refuse to obey and are useless for doing anything good.
After that whole generation died, the next generation grew up. This new generation did not know about the Lord and what the Lord had done for the people of Israel.