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17 For the morning is the same to him as the shadow of death,
For he recognizes the (A)terrors of the shadow of death.

18 [a]They are [b](B)insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is (C)cursed on the earth.
They do not turn [c]toward the (D)vineyards.
19 Drought and heat (E)seize the snow waters,
So does (F)Sheol those who have sinned.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:18 Implied, they (Job’s friends) say; Job 24:18-21
  2. Job 24:18 Or light, swift
  3. Job 24:18 Lit to the path of

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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