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Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

Job 18:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
KJV
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
WEB
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
ASV
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
LSV
Only these [are] dwelling places of the perverse, || And this [is] the place God has not known.”
YLT
Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
DBY
Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.El
DRC
These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
GNV
Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
JPS
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
LXXE
These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ οἶκοι ἀδίκων, οὗτος δὲ ὁ τόπος τῶν μὴ εἰδότων τὸν Κύριον.

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  • Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  • Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
  • Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his…
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
  • Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  • Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
  • Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  • Psalms 79:6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
  • 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  • Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
  • 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
  • Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

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