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Job 24:18 KJV
Job · chapter 24 · verse 18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.Job 24:18 · King James Version
Job 24:18 in context
16In 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.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beholdethpânâhto turnH6437 →
- portionchelqâhproperly, smoothnessH2513 →
- waterspânîymthe faceH6440 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- cursedqâlalto be light, literally or figurativelyH7043 →
- swiftqallightH7031 →
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Job here, in the conclusion of his discourse, I. Gives some further instances of the wickedness of these cruel bloody men. 1. Some are pirates and robbers at sea. To this many learned interpreters apply those difficult expressions (Job 24:18), He is swift upon the waters.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-25