Job 24:18 · KJV
“He {is} swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.”
— Job 24:18
For the morning {is} to them even as the shadow of death: if {one} know {them, they are in} the terrors of the shadow of death.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: {so doth} the grave {those which} have sinned. {consume: Heb. violently take}
Job 24 — Context
In the dark they dig through houses, {which} they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17For the morning {is} to them even as the shadow of death: if {one} know {them, they are in} the terrors of the shadow of death.
18He {is} swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: {so doth} the grave {those which} have sinned. {consume: Heb. violently take}
20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD {is} in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Isaiah 23:10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: {there is} no more strength. {strength: Heb. girdle}
Psalms 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle {that} hasteth to the prey. {swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire}
Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay {it} to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay {it} to heart.
Psalms 58:7
Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: {whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation}
Psalms 69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.