Job 24:18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Job asks why the Almighty does not set times of judgment in which the wicked are punished. He catalogs injustices that God apparently tolerates: the wicked move boundary stones, oppress the poor, take widows as pledges, and murderers operate under …
Other Translations
Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
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.
They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.
Cross References
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to …
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them …
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become …
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.