Job 24:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.”
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“They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Light he <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:18 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
- Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
- Job 9:26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- Psalms 58:7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
- Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
- Isaiah 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
- Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
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