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Job 24:18

NETBible	¹“You say,² ‘He is foam³ on the face of the waters;⁴ their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Job 24:18	"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.
NASB © biblegateway Job 24:18	"They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.
NLT © biblegateway Job 24:18	"But they disappear from the earth as quickly as foam is swept down a river. Everything they own is cursed, so that no one enters their vineyard.
MSG © biblegateway Job 24:18	"They are scraps of wood floating on the water--useless, cursed junk, good for nothing.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 24:18	They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 24:18	"Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion in the land is cursed; no treader turns toward their vineyards.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 24:18	"They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
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KJV	He [is] swift <07031> as the waters <06440> <04325>_; their portion <02513> is cursed <07043> (8792) in the earth <0776>_: he beholdeth <06437> (8799) not the way <01870> of the vineyards <03754>_.
NASB © biblegateway Job 24:18	"They are insignificant <07031> on the surface <06440> of the water <04325> ; Their portion <02513> is cursed <07043> on the earth <0776> . They do not turn <06437> toward <01870> the vineyards <03754> .
LXXM	elafrov <1645> A-NSM estin <1510> V-PAI-3S epi <1909> PREP proswpon <4383> N-ASN udatov <5204> N-GSN katarayeih {V-APO-3S} h <3588> T-NSF meriv <3310> N-NSF autwn <846> D-GPM epi <1909> PREP ghv <1065> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	“You say, ‘He is <01931> foam <07031> on <05921> the face <06440> of the waters <04325> ; their portion <02513> of the land <0776> is cursed <07043> so that no <03808> one goes <01870> <06437> to their vineyard <03754> .
HEBREW	Mymrk <03754> Krd <01870> hnpy <06437> al <03808> Urab <0776> Mtqlx <02513> llqt <07043> Mym <04325> ynp <06440> le <05921> awh <01931> lq (24:18) <07031>

NETBible

¹“You say,² ‘He is foam³ on the face of the waters;⁴ their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.⁵

NET Notes

¹tc Many commentators find vv. 18-24 difficult on the lips of Job, and so identify this unit as a misplaced part of the speech of Zophar. They describe the enormities of the wicked. But a case can also be made for retaining it in this section. Gordis thinks it could be taken as a quotation by Job of his friends’ ideas.

²tn The verb “say” is not in the text; it is supplied here to indicate that this is a different section.

³tn Or “is swift.”

⁴sn The wicked person is described here as a spray or foam upon the waters, built up in the agitation of the waters but dying away swiftly.

⁵tn The text reads, “he does not turn by the way of the vineyards.” This means that since the land is cursed, he/one does not go there. Bickell emended “the way of the vineyards” to “the treader of the vineyard” (see RSV, NRSV). This would mean that “no wine-presser would turn towards” their vineyards.