Job 24:18

He is swift as the waters Rather, he is swift upon the face of the waters. The person spoken of is the wicked man, especially such a tyrannical, proud oppressor as is alluded to in Job 24:2; and what is said of him is, that he is like a waif or spray on the surface of the water, swept rapidly away, and disappearing in a moment from the eyes of men in destruction; comp. ch. Job 20:28; Hosea 10:7, "As for Samaria, her king is cut off like foam (or, a twig) upon the face of the waters."

their portion i. e. their fields and possessions. A curse is pronounced over the estates of such men by those who behold their downfall; comp. ch. Job 5:3.

he beholdeth not Or, he turneth not unto the wayof the vineyards he shall no more return unto the smiling vineyards in which he delighted. The joys of his luxurious life shall no more be his, misery and destruction have overtaken him. The general meaning of the phrase is the converse of that expressed by "sitting under his vine and figtree," 1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4.