Job 24:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷They fear the light of day,
but darkness holds no terror for them.

[Zophar]^[a]

¹⁸The wicked are swept away by floods,
    and the land they own is under God's curse;
    they no longer go to work in their vineyards.
¹⁹As snow vanishes in heat and drought,
    so sinners vanish from the land of the living.

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Footnotes

Job 24:18 Zophar is not named in the text, but this speech is usually assigned to him.

Job 24:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷For all of them, midnight is their morning;
they make friends with the terrors^(A) of darkness.^(B)

¹⁸“Yet they are foam^(C) on the surface of the water;^(D)
    their portion of the land is cursed,^(E)
    so that no one goes to the vineyards.^(F)
¹⁹As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,^(G)
    so the grave^(H) snatches away those who have sinned.