Job 18:20
Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
19Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:
Cross References
1 Kings 9:8and, this house which had been renowned, shall be desolate, every one that passeth by it, shall be astonished and shall whistle,—and men shall say—For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land, and unto this house?
Job 19:13My Brethren—from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;
Psalms 137:7Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,—how they continued to say—Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.
Jeremiah 50:27Cut up all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter,—Alas for them! For their day, hath come, Their time for punishment.
Obadiah 1:11In the day when thou didst take thy stand over against him, in the day when foreigners took captive his forces,—and, aliens, entered his gates, and, over Jerusalem, cast lots, even thou, wast like one of them!
Luke 19:44And will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave, stone on stone, within thee: because thou didst not get to know the season of thy visitation.
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 →