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Everything they own is cursed, and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He <i>is</i> swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“They <i>should be</i> swift on the face of the waters, Their portion <i>should be</i> cursed in the earth, <i>So that</i> no <i>one would</i> turn into the way of their vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their plot of land on the earth is cursed. They do not turn toward the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth; They do not turn toward the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Those sinners are filthy foam on the surface of the water. And so, their fields and vineyards will fall under a curse and won't produce. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Such people are like scum on the surface of the water. Their property is cursed in the land. People do not travel the road that goes to their vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The wicked are swept away by floods, and the land they own is under God's curse; they no longer go to work in their vineyards. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He [is] light on the face of the waters, "" Their portion is vilified in the earth, "" He does not turn the way of vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He is nimble on the surface of water. His place on land is to be accursed. May he not walk by way of the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He is swift on the surface of the water: their portion in the land is accursed, they do not turn aside by way of the vineyards. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion in the land is cursed; no treader turns toward their vineyards.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; they behold not the familiar way of the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Quickly and upon the face of the waters will be carried away their portion in the earth, in the road of the vine dressers<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth; He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/24-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3760" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job: Judgment for the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness! <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">They</a> <a href="/hebrew/7031.htm" title="7031: qal- (Adj-ms) -- Light, swift, fleet. Contracted from qalal; light; rapid.">are but foam</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the surface</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">of the water;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2513.htm" title="2513: ḥel·qā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Smoothness, flattery, an allotment. Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment.">their portion</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/7043.htm" title="7043: tə·qul·lal (V-Pual-Imperf-3fs) -- To be slight, swift or trifling. A primitive root; to be light, literally Or figuratively.">is cursed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: yip̄·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">toward</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: kə·rā·mîm (N-mp) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">their vineyards.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a></span><br />Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Proverbs 10:25</a></span><br />When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a></span><br />The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Jeremiah 23:19</a></span><br />Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Hosea 13:3</a></span><br />Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-20.htm">Psalm 37:20</a></span><br />But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-19</a></span><br />Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Isaiah 29:5</a></span><br />But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a></span><br />But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-10.htm">James 1:10-11</a></span><br />But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. / For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a></span><br />These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12-13</a></span><br />These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. / They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholds not the way of the vineyards.</p><p class="hdg">swift</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Psalm 58:7</a></b></br> Let them melt away as waters <i>which</i> run continually: <i>when</i> he bendeth <i>his bow to shoot</i> his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-20</a></b></br> Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-10.htm">Isaiah 23:10</a></b></br> Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: <i>there is</i> no more strength.</p><p class="hdg">their portion</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-16.htm">Deuteronomy 28:16-20</a></b></br> Cursed <i>shalt</i> thou <i>be</i> in the city, and cursed <i>shalt</i> thou <i>be</i> in the field… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm">Psalm 69:22</a></b></br> Let their table become a snare before them: and <i>that which should have been</i> for <i>their</i> welfare, <i>let it become</i> a trap.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-33.htm">Proverbs 3:33</a></b></br> The curse of the LORD <i>is</i> in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/20-9.htm">Beholdeth</a> <a href="/job/22-16.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/nahum/2-1.htm">Crusher</a> <a href="/job/5-3.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Face</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Foam</a> <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/24-11.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/job/20-29.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/job/14-21.htm">Insignificant</a> <a href="/job/24-16.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/23-14.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-34.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/job/9-26.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Swiftly</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Treader</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/23-9.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/job/23-9.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/job/24-6.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Water</a> <a href="/job/22-16.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/33-28.htm">Beholdeth</a> <a href="/psalms/46-2.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Crusher</a> <a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/job/26-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Face</a> <a href="/psalms/46-3.htm">Foam</a> <a href="/job/27-19.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/psalms/80-12.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/job/27-13.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/job/40-4.htm">Insignificant</a> <a href="/job/25-3.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/26-14.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/job/26-13.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/job/29-6.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/job/26-10.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/job/26-13.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/psalms/18-10.htm">Swiftly</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Treader</a> <a href="/job/27-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/27-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/38-14.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/job/30-30.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/psalms/107-37.htm">Vineyards</a> <a href="/job/29-19.htm">Water</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/job/24-24.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Job 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm">Wickedness often goes unpunished</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">There is a secret judgment for the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical literature, water often symbolizes chaos and instability (<a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a>, <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20</a>). Foam, being light and temporary, indicates the lack of permanence and substance in the lives of those who do evil. This imagery aligns with the broader biblical theme that the wicked, despite their apparent success, ultimately have no lasting foundation (<a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a>, <a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a>).<p><b>their portion of the land is cursed,</b><br>The concept of a "cursed" land ties back to the covenantal language found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience to God results in curses, including agricultural failure and loss of land. In the ancient Near Eastern context, land was a critical component of identity and blessing. A cursed land signifies divine disfavor and the removal of God's blessing, reflecting the consequences of living in opposition to God's will (<a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>).<p><b>so that no one turns toward their vineyards.</b><br>Vineyards in the Bible often symbolize prosperity and blessing (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>, <a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1-8</a>). The absence of people turning toward the vineyards suggests desolation and abandonment, a reversal of the expected blessing. This imagery can be seen as a metaphor for the ultimate futility of the wicked's endeavors. Despite their efforts, they do not enjoy the fruits of their labor, echoing the theme of divine justice where the unrighteous do not prosper in the end (<a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm">Proverbs 13:22</a>, <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-26.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:26</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who endures immense suffering and questions the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In this context, Job is describing the fate of the wicked, who seem to prosper temporarily but ultimately face judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Represents the inheritance and blessings that are denied to the wicked due to their actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/vineyards.htm">Vineyards</a></b><br>Symbolic of prosperity and fruitfulness, which the wicked are unable to enjoy due to the curse on their portion.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_waters.htm">The Waters</a></b><br>Often symbolize chaos and instability, reflecting the transient and unstable nature of the wicked's prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_wickedness.htm">The Transience of Wickedness</a></b><br>The prosperity of the wicked is like foam on water—temporary and insubstantial. Believers should focus on eternal values rather than temporary gains.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_curse_of_sin.htm">The Curse of Sin</a></b><br>Sin leads to a cursed existence, where true joy and prosperity are elusive. This serves as a warning to avoid sinful paths.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_living.htm">The Importance of Righteous Living</a></b><br>Just as the wicked face instability, the righteous are called to build their lives on the solid foundation of God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>While it may seem delayed, God's justice is certain. Believers can trust that God will ultimately set things right.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The fate of the wicked serves as a call to repentance and turning towards God for true peace and stability.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">He is swift.</span>--That is--each of these rebels against the light <span class= "ital">is swift to make his escape over the face of the waters. </span>So we ought to read it, and not, with Authorised Version, as a comparison.<p><span class= "bld">Their portion is cursed in the earth.</span>--That is, <span class= "ital">men so regard it;</span> it has an evil name, and is of bad repute.<p><span class= "bld">He beholdeth not.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">he</span>--that is, each of them--<span class= "ital">turneth not the way of the vineyards, </span>which is frequented and cultivated, but chooseth rather lone, desolate, solitary, and rugged paths.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He is swift as the waters</span>. "Locus obscurissimus" (Schulteus). Scarcely any two commentators agree even as to the subject on which Job proceeds to speak. Some regard him as giving his own judgment on the ultimate fate of the wicked; others, as anticipating what his opponents will say on the point. One recent expositor takes the passage as referring to the efforts made by the malefactors of vers. 14-16 to escape from justice, and to the discredit and difficulty in which they involve themselves. Another suggests that Job here calls attention to a fresh class of oppressors, viz. water-thieves (see Strabo, 16:18), who, starting in light boats from some island in a lake or river, plundered the neighbouring lands, making the portions of the landholders worthless, and causing them to neglect the cultivation, even of their vineyards. If we accept this view, the proper translation of the present verse will be, <span class="accented">Swift is he</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the water-thief) <span class="accented">upon the face of the waters</span>: <span class="accented">then is the portion of them who dwell in the land worthless</span>; <span class="accented">no one turneth his face toward his vine. yards</span> (see Professor Lee's 'Book of Job,' pp. 153, 378, 379). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/24-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֤וּא ׀</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are but foam</span><br /><span class="heb">קַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(qal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7031.htm">Strong's 7031: </a> </span><span class="str2">Light, swift, fleet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the surface</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the water;</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֗יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their portion</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶלְקָתָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥel·qā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2513.htm">Strong's 2513: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoothness, flattery, an allotment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is cursed,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּקֻלַּ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(tə·qul·lal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7043.htm">Strong's 7043: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be slight, swift or trifling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that no one</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[would] turn</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֝פְנֶה</span> <span class="translit">(yip̄·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn, to face, appear, look</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֣רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their vineyards.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּרָמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(kə·rā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/24-18.htm">OT Poetry: Job 24:18 They are foam on the surface (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/24-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 24:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 24:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/24-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>