Job 18 · Verse 21

Job 18:21

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 18:21, King James Version

Job 18:21 in other translations

BSBSurely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
WEBSurely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
ASVSurely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
YLTOnly these are tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
DARBYSurely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.
BBETruly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.
WebsterSurely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

What does Job 18:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. (Job 8:22, Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Such 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 pursued in a manner not essentially different from the preceding, except that the snares are pallisadoed with the strongest possible stakes, instead of being netted, and still farther fortified by interlacings. They are numerous, but connected together; every snare or inclosure growing gradually narrower, and opening into each other by a gate or two that will only admit the entrance of a single animal at a time. "The wood in which elephants are known to abound is first surrounded, excepting at the end where the foremost and widest inclosure is situated, with fires placed on moveable pedestals, which in every direction are drawn closer and closer, and, aided by loud and perpetual shouts, drive the animals forward till they enter into the outer snare. After which the same process is continued, and they are driven by fear into a second, into a third, and into a fourth; till at length the elephants become so much sub-divided, that by the aid of cordage fastened carefully round their limbs, and the management of decoy elephants, they are easily capable of being led away one by one, and tamed. A single hunt thus conducted will sometimes occupy not less than two months of unremitting labor; and the entrance of the elephants into the snares is regarded as an amusement or sport of the highest character, and as such is attended by all the principal families of the country." Account of Ceylon, p. 218-226.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 18:11-21

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…

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Job 18:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַךְ\־'akh-surelyH389
אֵ֭לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹתmish.ke.Not[are] [the] dwelling places ofH4908
עַוָּ֑ל'a.Valan evil-doerH5767
וְ֝זֶ֗הve.Zehand thisH2088
מְק֣וֹםme.Kom[is the] place ofH4725
לֹא\־lo'-[one who] notH3808
יָדַֽע\־ya.da'-he knowsH3045
אֵֽל\׃\ \ס'ElGodH410

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Cross references for Job 18:21

  • Titus 1:16

    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • Jeremiah 9:3

    And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:5

    Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

  • Judges 2:10

    And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Psalms 79:6

    Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  • Job 21:14

    Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

  • 1 Samuel 2:12

    Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.

  • Exodus 5:2

    And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

  • Job 21:28

    For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
such are.
14-16
knoweth.
21:14; Ex 5:2; Jud 2:10; 1Sa 2:12; 1Ch 28:9; Ps 79:6; Jer 9:3; 10:25
Ro 1:28; 1Th 4:5; 2Th 1:8; Tit 1:16

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Context

  • Job 18:20

    They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

  • Job 18:21

    Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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Job 18:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ciertamente tales son las moradas del impío, y este será el lugar del que no conoció á Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Certainement, telles sont les demeures de l’inique, et tel est le lieu de celui qui ne connaît pas ✶Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ja, so sind die Wohnungen des Ungerechten, und so ist die Stätte dessen, der Gott nicht kennt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui, et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum.