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

19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived. 20People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified. They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected 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 18:14They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.
• Job 21:14And yet they say to God, ‘Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.
• Exodus 5:2“Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh. “And who is the Lord? Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”
• Judges 2:10After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
• Psalms 79:6Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you— on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
• Jeremiah 9:3“My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you— on the peoples that do not call upon your name. For they have devoured your people Israel; they have devoured and consumed them, making the land a desolate wilderness.
• Romans 1:28Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News 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

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