EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 18:21
21I know that this is what happens to the homes of evil people. It happens to people who turn away from God.’
Job 18:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
- New International Version (NIV)Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Context of Job 18:21
19He has no children or grandchildren. He has no family to live in his home. 20All people are very upset when they see what has happened to him. Wherever they live, they are very upset. I know that this is what happens to the homes of evil people. It happens to people who turn away from God.’
Read all of Job 18Job 18:21 word by word
אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:21
- Job 18:14Then he has to leave his tent where he had lived safely. He will have to meet the terrible king of death.
- Job 21:14They say to God, “Leave us alone! We do not want to know about your ways.
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh said, ‘The Lord is not my god. I do not need to obey him. I do not have to let the Israelites go. I do not know the Lord. I will not let the Israelites go.’
- Judges 2:10All the people of Joshua's generation died. The younger people no longer served the Lord. They themselves had not seen the great things that he had done to help Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:12Eli's sons were wicked men. They did not respect the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon, my son, keep near to your father's God. Be happy to serve him faithfully in every way. The Lord knows what you are thinking. He understands all your thoughts. If you turn to him, you will find him. But if you turn away from him, he will leave you alone for ever.
- Psalms 79:6Please punish those nations that do not respect you. Be angry with the kingdoms that do not pray to you.
- Jeremiah 9:3The Lord says, ‘The tongues of these people speak lies, like the bows of soldiers shoot arrows. They have become powerful in the land, but they have used lies to do that. They do more and more evil things, and they do not respect me.
- Jeremiah 10:25Instead, be angry with the nations that do not respect you. Be angry with the people who do not worship you. Those are the people who have destroyed Jacob's descendants. They have killed our people. They have destroyed our land and our homes.’
- Romans 1:28Those people decided that they did not need to know anything about God. So God let their minds become spoiled. As a result, they do bad things that people ought not to do.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5People who do not know God strongly want to have sex in a wrong way. They cannot control themselves. You must not be like those people.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8and with a very hot fire. He will punish those people who do not know God. Yes, he will punish those people who do not obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.
Commentaries on Job 18:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Such are the dwellings - This is the common lot of the wicked; and it shall be particularly the case with him who knoweth not God, that is Job, for it is evident he alludes to him. Poor Job! hard was thy lot, severe were thy sufferings. On the elephant hunt to which I have referred, Job 18:13, I shall borrow the following account extracted from Mr. Cordiner's History of Ceylon, by Mr. Good: - "We have a curious description of the elephant hunt, which is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked - The conclusion or sum of the whole matter. The meaning is, that the habitations of all that knew not God would be desolate - a declaration which Job could not but regard as aimed at himself; compare Job 20:29. This is the close of this harsh and severe speech. It is no wonder that Job should feel it keenly, and that he “did” feel it is apparent from the following chapter. A string of proverbs has been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Bildad kept implying that Job had rejected God (15:4, 13, 25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Job 8:22, Margin).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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