New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 18:21
21Certainly these are the 1dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know 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 offspring or descendants among his people, Nor any survivor where he resided. 20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror. Certainly these are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
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אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 18:21
- Job 18:14He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God, ‘Go away from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
- Judges 2:10All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and another generation rose up after them who did not know the Lord, nor even the work which He had done for Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were useless men; they did not know the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Psalms 79:6Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the families who do not call upon Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his settlement.
- Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of 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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