Job 6:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 6:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 6:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 6:18 — KJV
“The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.”
— Job 6:18 (KJV)
Job 6:18 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 6:18
“They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:18: way, turned, aside
“And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:18: way, turned, aside
“And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:18: way, turned, aside
“And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:18: way, turned, aside
“And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. corrupted...: or, were corrupt ceased...: Heb. let nothing fall of their”
Shares key themes with Job 6:18: way, turned, nothing
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