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17 because morning likewise is to them deep darkness;
indeed, they know about the terrors of deep darkness.
18 “He himself[a] is swift on the water’s surface;
their portion is cursed in the land.
No one turns toward the path of their vineyards.[b]
19 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters,
like Sheol snatches away those[c] who have sinned.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:18 Emphatic personal pronoun
  2. Job 24:18 Literally “He does not turn toward the path of the vineyard”
  3. Job 24:19 Or “they/them”

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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