Job 18:21
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
- KJV
- Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
- WEB
- Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
- ASV
- Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
- DARBY
- Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.
- BLB
- Surely these [are] the dwellings of a perverse one, and this [is] is the place [of one] who does not know God.”
- ÅB
- Just slik går det med den urettferdiges boliger, og slik med hjemmet til den som ikke kjenner Gud.
[^1]: d.e. sykdom som volder døden.
[^2]: d.e. hans undergangs dag. - OTB
- Sannelig, dette er de ondes boliger,
og dette er stedet for den som ikke kjenner Gud." - B1930
- Just således går det med den urettferdiges boliger, og således med hjemmet til den som ikke kjenner Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
Read in contextJudges 2:10
After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Read in contextPsalms 79:6
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
Read in contextJob 21:14
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
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