Job 24:18
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He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.

swift

Psalm 58:7 They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

Psalm 73:18-20 But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. . . .

Isaiah 23:10 Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.

their portion

Deuteronomy 28:16-20 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field. . . .

Psalm 69:22 Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.

Proverbs 3:33 He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.

Malachi 2:2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you, and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have not laid it to heart.

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light. 18He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.…
Cross References
Job 5:3
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

Job 22:11
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

Job 22:16
Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

Job 24:6
They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.

Job 24:11
They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.

Job 27:20
Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:

Lexicon
They
ה֤וּא ׀ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

are but foam
קַֽל־ (qal-)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7031: Light, swift, fleet

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the surface
פְּנֵי־ (pə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of the water;
מַ֗יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

their portion
חֶלְקָתָ֣ם (ḥel·qā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment

of the land
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

is cursed,
תְּקֻלַּ֣ל (tə·qul·lal)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

so that no one
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

[would] turn
יִ֝פְנֶה (yip̄·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

into
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

their vineyards.
כְּרָמִֽים׃ (kə·rā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard


Additional Translations
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholds not the way of the vineyards.

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.

He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.

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.

He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

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

"They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.

Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
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