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

18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world. 19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived. People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified. 21They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected 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 29:23They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.’
• 1 Kings 9:8And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’
• Jeremiah 18:16Therefore, their land will become desolate, a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will shake their heads in amazement.
• Psalms 37:13But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming.
• Psalms 137:7O Lord, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!”
• Ezekiel 21:25“O you corrupt and wicked prince of Israel, your final day of reckoning is here!
• Obadiah 1:11When they were invaded, you stood aloof, refusing to help them. Foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem, but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.
• Luke 19:42“How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
• Job 2:12When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him. Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air over their heads to show their grief.
• Job 19:13“My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against 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