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18 [a]They are [b](A)insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is (B)cursed on the earth.
They do not turn [c]toward the (C)vineyards.
19 Drought and heat (D)seize the snow waters,
So does (E)Sheol those who have sinned.
20 A [d](F)mother will forget him;
The (G)worm feasts sweetly till he is (H)no longer remembered.
And unrighteousness will be broken (I)like a tree.
21 He feeds on the barren woman who does not give birth
And does no good for (J)the widow.

22 But He drags off the mighty by (K)His power;
He rises, but (L)no one believes in his life.
23 He provides them (M)with security, and they are supported;
And His (N)eyes are on their ways.
24 They are exalted a (O)little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are (P)brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
25 Now if it is not so, (Q)who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:18 Implied, they (Job’s friends) say; Job 24:18-21
  2. Job 24:18 Or light, swift
  3. Job 24:18 Lit to the path of
  4. Job 24:20 Lit womb

18 [a]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.
19 Drought and heat [b]consume the snow waters:
So doth Sheol those that have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him;
The worm shall feed sweetly on him;
He shall be no more remembered;
And unrighteousness shall be broken [c]as a tree.
21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not,
And doeth not good to the widow.
22 Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power:
He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
23 God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon;
[d]And his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone;
[e]Yea, they are brought low, they are [f]taken out of the way as all others,
And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar,
And make my speech nothing worth?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:18 Or, Ye say, Swiftly etc. Hebrew Swift is he etc.
  2. Job 24:19 Hebrew violently take away.
  3. Job 24:20 Or, as a tree; even he that devoureth etc.
  4. Job 24:23 Or, But
  5. Job 24:24 Or, And when they are etc.
  6. Job 24:24 Or, gathered in