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


In Context

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguiseth his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.

17 For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

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.

19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth Sheol those which have sinned.

20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered: and unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

Job 24:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:18He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:18"Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:18He 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:18Swiftly 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:18He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:18|They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:18Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholds not the way of the vineyards.