Job 18:20
18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
- KJV
- They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
- WEB
- Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
- ASV
- They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
- DARBY
- They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.
- BLB
- Those in the west are devastated at his day, and those in the east are seized with horror.
- ÅB
- Over hans dag[^2] forferdes de som bor i Vesten, og de som bor i Østen, gripes av redsel.
- OTB
- De i vest er forferdet over hans skjebne,
og de i øst er fylt med frykt. - B1930
- Over hans dag forferdes de som bor i Vesten, og de som bor i Østen, gripes av redsel. / < d.e. hans undergangs dag.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:13
but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
Read in contextEzekiel 21:25
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
Read in contextJeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Read in contextObadiah 1:11–15
On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
Read in contextLuke 19:42
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:23–24
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Read in contextLuke 19:44
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
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