17 But the morning is even to them as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

18 He is swift upon the [a]waters: their [b]portion shall be cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyards.

19 As the dry ground and heat consume the snow waters, so shall the grave [c]the sinners.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:18 He fleeth to the waters for his succor.
  2. Job 24:18 They think that all the world is bent against them, and dare not go by the high way.
  3. Job 24:19 As the dry ground is never full with waters, so will they never cease sinning till they come to the grave.

17 For 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)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(G)
    so the grave(H) snatches away those who have sinned.

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