KJV King James Version
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
Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
WEB World English Bible
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
ASV American Standard Version
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Only these are tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
Surrounding context — Job 18
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
21 Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.
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Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.Jeremiah 9:3And 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.Judges 2:10And 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.2 Thessalonians 1:8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:Jeremiah 10:25Pour 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.1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:Psalm 79:6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.Job 21:28For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?Exodus 5:2And 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 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;1 Chronicles 28:9And 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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