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Job 24:18

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18“He himselfu is swift on the water’s surface;

their portion is cursed in the land.

No one turns toward the path of their vineyards.v

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Footnotes

  1. uEmphatic personal pronoun
  2. vLiterally “He does not turn toward the path of the vineyard”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;

their portion is cursed in the land;

no treader turns toward their vineyards.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Yet they are foam on the surface of the water;

their portion of the land is cursed,

so that no one goes to the vineyards.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They float on the surface of the water.

Their section of the land is cursed,

so that they never go to their vineyards.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But they disappear like foam down a river.

Everything they own is cursed,

and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.

KJV 1900King James Version

He is swift as the waters;

Their portion is cursed in the earth:

He beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.