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Job 24:18

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He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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  1. Deuteronomy 28:16–20Rank 1 from verse 18
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    16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

    17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

    18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

    19Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

    20The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  2. Isaiah 23:10Rank 2 from verse 18
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    10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

  3. Job 22:16Rank 3 from verse 18
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    16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

  4. Job 9:26Rank 4 from verse 18
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    26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

  5. Malachi 2:2Rank 5 from verse 18
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    2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

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Job 24:18

COMBINED MEANING

portion

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A part, share, allotment, inheritance, assigned duty, reward, or outcome belonging or given to someone.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

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19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

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