Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
aThey do not know the light.
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
aHe should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
| << Job 24:17 | Job 24:19 >> |
Job 24:18-21
In these verses Job quotes the opinions of his adversaries ironically; he quoted them so before (Job 21:7-21). In Job 24:22-24, he states his own observation as the opposite. You say, "The sinner is swift, that is, swiftly passes away (as a thing floating) on the surface of the waters" (Ecclesiastes 11:1; Hosea 10:7).
is cursed—by those who witness their "swift" destruction.
beholdeth not—"turneth not to"; figuratively, for He cannot enjoy his pleasant possessions (Job 20:17; Job 15:33).
the way of the vineyards—including his fields, fertile as vineyards; opposite to "the way of the desert."
Job 24:2-24
Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24).
Some—the wicked.
landmarks—boundaries between different pastures (Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 24:18:
| << Job 24:17 | Job 24:19 >> |
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