Verse 18
Job 24:18
Darby Translation
18
He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.
Original Language Text
hebrew
קַֽל ה֤וּא עַל פְּנֵי מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣/ם בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים
English Translation
It is easy on the surface of the waters, the portion will be cursed; in the land, it shall not turn aside from the path of the vineyards.
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
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They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
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They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
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5
Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wild...
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6
They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
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7
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock
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9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
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10
These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
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11
They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God (Elohim) imputeth no...
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13
There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths...
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14
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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15
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a...
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16
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
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17
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of t...
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18
He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the...
19
Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
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20
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrigh...
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21
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
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22
He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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23
[God (Elohim)] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
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24
They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathere...
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25
If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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