Job 24:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Deuteronomy 28:16-20
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. …
Isaiah 23:10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
Psalms 69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Topics

Adultery Avenger of Blood Commandments Copulation Crime Fornication Fratricide Harlot (prostitute)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-25)

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. Privateers choose those ships that are the best sailors. In these swift ships they cruise from one channel to another, to pick…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).