Job 24:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"They are insignificantקַֽל־
(kal-)
7031: light, swift, fleetfrom qalal
on the surfaceפְּנֵי־
(pe·nei-)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
of the water;מַ֗יִם
(ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
Their portionחֶלְקָתָ֣ם
(chel·ka·tam)
2513a: a portion (of ground)from chalaq
is cursedתְּקֻלַּ֣ל
(te·kul·lal)
7043: to be slight, swift or triflinga prim. root
on the earth.בָּאָ֑רֶץ
(ba·'a·retz;)
776: earth, landa prim. root
They do not turnיִ֝פְנֶה
(yif·neh)
6437: to turna prim. root
towardדֶּ֣רֶךְ
(de·rech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
the vineyards.כְּרָמִֽים׃
(ke·ra·mim.)
3754: a vineyardof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
He is swift
qal  (kal)
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial) -- light, swift(-ly).
as the waters
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
their portion
chelqah  (khel-kaw')
smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment -- field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).
is cursed
qalal  (kaw-lal')
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)whet.
in the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
he beholdeth
panah  (paw-naw')
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
not the way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of the vineyards
kerem  (keh'-rem)
a garden or vineyard -- vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards.

International Standard Version
"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

NET Bible
"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Such people are like scum on the surface of the water. Their property is cursed in the land. People do not travel the road that goes to their vineyards.

King James 2000 Bible
They are swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: no one turns into the way of the vineyards.
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