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


In Context

15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

16 He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

17 When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

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

19 Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.

20 Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

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 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 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.