Job 24:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJob 24:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
קַֽל
qal
H7031
swift
ה֤וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
פְּנֵי
pânîym
H6440
face
מַ֗יִם
mayim
H4325
water
תְּקֻלַּ֣ל
qâlal
H7043
to be light
חֶלְקָתָ֣ם
chelqâh
H2513
smoothness
בָּאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִ֝פְנֶה
pânâh
H6437
to turn
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
כְּרָמִֽים
kerem
H3754
vineyard
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
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King James Version Public Domain
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
He swift on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed; one does not turn the way of their vineyards.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).