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 shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. They that come after him shall be appalled at his day, as they that went before were seized with horror. 21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Job 18:20 word by word

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

• afterאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314
• appalledשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• beforeקַדְמֹנִיqadmônîy qadmônîy · easternH6931
• horrorאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270
• horrorשַׂ֫עַרώa‛ar · shudderingH8178

Cross-references for Job 18:20

• Deuteronomy 29:23And that its whole land is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor doth it bear, nor doth any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
• 1 Kings 9:8And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?
• Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shake his head.
• Psalms 37:13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundation
• Ezekiel 21:25And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
• Obadiah 1:11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
• Luke 19:42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace! but now they are hid from thy eyes.
• Job 2:12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they raised their voice, and wept; and they tore every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
• Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily 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