Job 18:20

Job 18:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
• New International Version (NIV)People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.

Context of Job 18:20

18He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world. 19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live. Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. 21Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God.

Job 18:20 word by word

עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They that come afterאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314
• shall be astoniedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• at his dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• as they that went beforeקַדְמֹנִיqadmônîy qadmônîy · easternH6931
• were affrightedשַׂ֫עַרώa‛ar · shudderingH8178
• were affrightedאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270

Cross-references for Job 18:20

• Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in his fierce anger.
• 1 Kings 9:8Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff. They will say, “Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?”
• Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a horror, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by it will be appalled and shake their heads.
• Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming.
• Psalms 137:7Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said that day at Jerusalem: “Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!”
• Ezekiel 21:25And you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your punishment.
• Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers captured his wealth, while foreigners entered his city gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
• Luke 19:42saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Job 2:12When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
• Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Commentaries on Job 18:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20They that come after him - The young shall be struck with astonishment when they hear the relation of the judgments of God upon this wicked man. As they that went before. The aged who were his contemporaries, and who saw the judgments that fell on him, were affrighted, שער אחזו achazu saar, seized with horror - were horrified; or, as Mr. Good has well expressed it, were panic-struck.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20They that come after him - Future ages; they who may hear of his history and of the manner in which he was cut off from life. So the passage has been generally rendered; so, substantially, it is by Dr. Good, Dr. Noyes, Rosenmuller, and Luther. The Vulgate translates it novissimi; the Septuagint, ̓́ eschatoi - “the last” - meaning those that should live after him, or at a later period. But Schultens supposes that the word used here denotes those in “the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20in the west … in the east: These phrases might refer to people from the past and future or from different places.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. after ... before--rather, "those in the West--those in the East"; that is, all people; literally, "those behind--those before"; for Orientals in geography turn with their faces to the east (not to the north as we), and back to the west; so that before--east; behind--north (so Zec 14:8). day--of ruin (Ob 12). affrighted--seized with terror (Job 21:6; Is 13:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:20

• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary