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.


In Context

15 The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.

16 In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

17 For all of them, deep darkness is their morning ; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.

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.

19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.

20 The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like 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 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.