Job 18:21

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 will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live. 20People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror. This is what happens to the homes of wicked people and to those who do not know God.”

Job 18:21 word by word

אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the dwellingsמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• of the wickedעַוָּל‛avvâl · unjustH5767
• the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• knowethיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not Godאֵל'êl · GodH410

Cross-references for Job 18:21

• Job 18:14He is dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
• Job 21:14But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone. We don’t want to know your ways.
• Exodus 5:2Pharaoh asked, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I won’t let Israel go.”
• Judges 2:10That whole generation had joined their ancestors in death. So another generation grew up after them. They had no personal experience with the Lord or with what he had done for Israel.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Eli’s sons, ⌞Hophni and Phinehas,⌟ were good-for-nothing priests; they had no faith in the Lord.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
• Psalms 79:6Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you.
• Jeremiah 9:3They use their tongues like bows that shoot arrows. Lies and dishonesty rule the land. They go from one evil thing to another, and they don’t know me,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you and on people who don’t worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.
• Romans 1:28And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in the passionate, lustful way of people who don’t know God.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8He will take revenge on those who refuse to acknowledge God and on those who refuse to respond to 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

Topics related to Job 18:21

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• Net
• Tent
• Bildad

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