Job 18:20
At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
In Context
19He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
21Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:8And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
Job 19:13He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.
Psalms 137:7O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.
Jeremiah 50:27Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
Obadiah 1:11Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.
Luke 19:44And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:12-21
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up… Read the whole commentary →