Job 18:20

In 11 translations

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.went…: or, lived with himwere…: Heb. laid hold on horror

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.

LSV

At this day, those [in the] west have been astonished, || And those [in the] east have taken fright.

YLT

At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

DBY

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.

DRC

They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.

GNV

The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.

JPS

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.

LXXE

But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.

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WLC

עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃

LXX-Br

Ἀλλʼ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ζήσονται ἕτεροι· ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐστέναξαν ἔσχατοι, πρώτους δὲ ἔσχε θαῦμα.

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• Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
• Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
• Ezekiel 21:25And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
• Deuteronomy 29:23–24All 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…
• Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
• Obadiah 1:11–15On 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. But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of…
• Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Job 19:13–19He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. I…
• Job 2:12–13When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven…
• 1 Kings 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
• Luke 19:44They 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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