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

18The wicked person has had to leave this world. He has gone from a place where there is light to a place where it is dark. 19He has no children or grandchildren. He has no family to live in his home. All people are very upset when they see what has happened to him. Wherever they live, they are very upset. 21I know that this is what happens to the homes of evil people. It happens to people who turn away from 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 29:23The whole land will become spoiled with salt and sulphur. No one will plant seed in it, because nothing will grow there. Even grass will not grow on it. The land will be useless, like the cities that the Lord destroyed when he was very angry with them. Those cities were Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim.
• 1 Kings 9:8This temple will became a heap of stones. Everyone who sees it will be very surprised. They will laugh about it! They will ask, “Why has the Lord destroyed this land and this temple?”
• Jeremiah 18:16So I will cause their land to become a terrible place. People will always see how disgusting my people are. Everybody who goes near there will be very surprised. They will shake their heads and they will insult my people.
• Psalms 37:13But my Lord laughs at those wicked people, because he knows that their day of punishment will come.
• Psalms 137:7Lord, remember to punish the people of Edom. They were happy when Babylon's army won against Jerusalem. On that day the Edomites said, ‘Knock down the city so that nothing still stands!’
• Ezekiel 21:25I say this to you, wicked king of Israel. The time for your final punishment has now arrived.
• Obadiah 1:11Men from other countries came into Jerusalem. They took away all the good things from Jerusalem. They played a game for the best things. You were as bad as they were. You did not help the Israelites.
• Luke 19:42He said, ‘You need to know what would really help you. Then you could have lived without trouble. But now, you are unable to understand properly.
• Job 2:12When they could see Job from far away, they did not easily recognize him. They began to weep very loudly. They were so upset that they tore their clothes. They threw dust into the air and on their heads.
• Job 19:13God has caused my brothers to stay away from me. My friends do not want to meet 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