The Meaning of Job 24:18 Explained

Job 24:18

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

Darby: 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.

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.

Discover Job 24:18

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:18?

MEANING: What does Job 24:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:18 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:18?

What is the context of Job 24:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 24:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter

Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.

In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

¹ Wickedness often goes unpunished
¹⁷ There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:18 mean?

Swift He [should be] on the face of the waters [should be] cursed their portion in the earth [So that] no [one] [would] turn into the way of their vineyards

קַֽל־ ה֤וּא ׀ עַל־ פְּנֵי־ מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־ יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים

קַֽל־	Swift
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: קַל Sense: swift, light, fleet.
ה֤וּא ׀	He [should be]
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
פְּנֵי־	the face
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
מַ֗יִם	of the waters
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.
תְּקֻלַּ֣ל	[should be] cursed
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: קָלַל Sense: to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light.
חֶלְקָתָ֣ם	their portion
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: חֶלְקָה Sense: portion, parcel.
בָּאָ֑רֶץ	in the earth
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
לֹֽא־	[So that] no [one]
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִ֝פְנֶה	[would] turn
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: פֹּונֶה Sense: to turn.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	into the way
Parse: Noun, common singular construct Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
כְּרָמִֽים	of their vineyards
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: כֶּרֶם Sense: vineyard.

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