Job 18:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.””
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“Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Only these <FI>are<Fi> tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 18:21 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
- 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Job 20:29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
- Psalms 79:6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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