Job 24:18

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.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

In Context

17For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

19Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:16You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

Job 9:26They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

Psalms 58:7\58:6\O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

Psalms 73:18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

Isaiah 23:10Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.

Matthew Henry on Job 24:14-18

Present Impunity of Transgressors. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to… Read the whole commentary →

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