Job 24:18

He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.

19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field.

Job 9:26They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.

Psalms 58:7God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

Psalms 73:18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.

Isaiah 23:10Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.

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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