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Job 24:18
Job 24:18 is verse 18 of Job chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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 on the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.
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Job 24:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 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.
19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 58:7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Isaiah 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
Deuteronomy 28:16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
Deuteronomy 28:17Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
Deuteronomy 28:18The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
Deuteronomy 28:19You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.