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 Living Translation (NLT)People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.

Context of Job 18:20

18He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. 19He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings. Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened. 21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him 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 29:23‘The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’
• 1 Kings 9:8And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
• Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
• Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!”
• Ezekiel 21:25‘Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,
• Obadiah 1:11In the day that you stood on the other side— In the day that strangers carried captive his forces, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem— Even you were as one of them.
• Luke 19:42saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
• Job 2:12And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.
• Job 19:13“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from 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