Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
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.
New American Standard Bible
Their portion is
They do not turn
King James Version
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Holman Bible
Their section of the land is cursed,
so that they never go to their vineyards.
International Standard Version
"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.
A Conservative Version
Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
American Standard Version
Swiftly 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.
Amplified
“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion will be cursed in the earth: he will not see the way of the vineyards.
King James 2000
They are swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: no one turns into the way of the vineyards.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"He himself [is] swift on [the] water's surface; their portion is cursed in the land. {No one turns toward the path of their vineyards}.
Modern King James verseion
He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"The ungodly is very swift: O that his portion also upon earth were swifter than the running water, which suffereth not the shipman to behold the fair and pleasant vineyards.
NET Bible
"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.
New Heart English Bible
"They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
The Emphasized Bible
Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards.
Webster
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
World English Bible
"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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
Themes
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Interlinear
Paniym
Chelqah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark. 18 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. 19 Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:16-20
You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.
Job 9:26
They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.
Job 22:16
Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:
Psalm 58:7
Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.
Psalm 69:22
Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
Psalm 73:18-20
You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.
Isaiah 23:10
Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.