John Trapp on Job 24:18

Verſe 18. He is ſwift as the waters] He ſtayes not long in a place, but flies away ſwiftly (like the River Tigris, ſwift as an arrow out of a bow) to avoid puniſhment. Heb. He is light upon the face of the waters. The meaning[illegible: 1 letter]s (ſaith One) they are as a light thing upon the ſtreams of water running ſwiftly, and carrying it away with ſpeed. Some, that it is ſpoken in reſpect of their ſwift paſſing on from one wickedneſſe to another, or their never being ſettled after ſuch wickedneſſe committed, but alwayes ready to be overturned as a ſhip that is unballaſted, and ſo to be drowned in the ſea.

Their portion is curſed on the earth] Cain-like, they wander up and down, à corde ſuo facti fugitivi; but their ſin will ſurely find them out; neither can they run out of the reach of Gods rod, &c. This Job ſaith, leſt any ſhould gather from what he had ſaid before, that it ſhould be alwayes well with the wicked, and ill with the godly. Some take it curſe-wiſe thus, Let their portion on earth be accurſed, neither let them turn themſelves to the Vineyards; ſcil. either to dreſſe them, or to taſte of the fruits of them.

He beholdeth not the way of the Vineyards] That is, ſay ſome, to run away by them, which were common wayes to Cities, but by ſome other obſcure byway that he may not be found. In Vineyards ſomething is to be done at all times, that way therefore they take not, leſt they ſhould be diſcovered and puniſhed. Beza rendreth it, He turneth not into the way (that is, the nature) of the Vines, which by cutting and pruning, ſprouteth out, and becometh more profitable. Others ſenſe it far otherwiſe. The conciſe brevity and ambiguity of the words, together with the change of number, hath cauſed a cloud upon them.