Job: Judgment for the Wicked

Job 24:18

In 11 translations

BSB: 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.
KJV: He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
WEB: “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.
ASV: 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.
LSV: He [is] light on the face of the waters, || Their portion is vilified in the earth, || He does not turn the way of vineyards.
YLT: Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
DBY: He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.
DRC: 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.
GNV: He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.
JPS: 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.
LXXE: He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: קַֽל־ה֤וּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃
LXX-Br: Ἐλαφρός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος, καταραθείη ἡ μερὶς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς,

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Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 28:16–20You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the…
Isaiah 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Psalms 58:7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Job 9:26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
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…
Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

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