Job 18:21
What does Job 18:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 18:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Only these <FI>are<Fi> tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth notGod.
Context
v.20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
v.21This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
- Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
- Job 21:14
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
- Job 21:28
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
- Romans 1:28
And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
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