Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 as soon as the day breaketh, the shadow of death cometh upon them, and they go in horrible darkness. 18 "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. 19 O that they, for the wickedness which they have done, were drawn to the hell, sooner than snow melteth at the heat.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:16-20
Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field;
Job 9:26
They are passed away, as the ships that be good under sail, and as the Eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job 22:16
which were cut down out of time, and whose foundation was as a running water,
Psalm 58:7
Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.
Psalm 69:22
Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.
Psalm 73:18-20
Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the ungodly, but he blesseth the dwellings of the righteous.
Isaiah 23:10
Go through thy land, O thou daughter of the sea, as men go over the water; for thou hast no more strength.
Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear it, nor regard it, to give the glory unto my name, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings. Yea, curse them will I if ye do not take heed.