Bible verse
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
Job 24:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 24.
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
21 They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22 Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
KJV
He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
ASV
Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
ERV
He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
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