Job 18:20

Shall be astonied at his day. — That is, his doom, or destiny. He shall stand forth as a warning and monument to all.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his (n) day, as they that went before were affrighted. (n) When they will see what came to him.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

day. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the thing done in the day: i.e. his fall.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. They that come after him - The young shall be stru...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As they that went before were affrighted— As his elders were seized with horror. The plain meaning of the verse seems to be, "His elders, who saw...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Render, 'They of the west shall be astonished at his day (i.e. fate), and horror shall seize those on the east.' His name will be a byword throughout...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XV. A SCHEME OF WORLD RULE Job 18:1-21 BILDAD SPEAKS COMPOSED in the orderly parallelism of the finished mashal , this speech of Bildad sta...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Cast into a Net” Job 18:1-21 Bildad's second speech reveals how utterly he failed to understand Job's appeal for a divine witness and surety....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Bildad now returned to the charge, and as was the case with Eliphaz it is perfectly evident from his opening rebuke that he was speaking under a sens...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (7) The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. Ver. 20. They that come after him shall be asto...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They that come after him And hear the report of it, shall be astonied at his day The day of his destruction. They shall be amazed at the suddenne...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BILDAD'S STRONG REPROOF (vv.1-3) Bildad did not learn from Job's words to be a little more considerate than before, but shows only more strong o...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction sh...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH Bildad the bitterest and most hostile of the three friends. No speech as yet so insolent and provoking. Full of fiery sca...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 18:6 . The light shall be dark in his tabernacle. Darkness is a most ancient figure of speech for all kinds of affliction. But to good men, “t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite. The danger of denouncing wickedness How wonderfully well the three comforters painted the portrait of wickedn...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 18:1-18 Bildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first ( Job 8:1-18 .). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled b...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bildad Reckons Job with the Hardened Sinners
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They that come after him, the people of the West, shall be astonied at his day, horrified at the doom of destruction which came upon him, as they...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:8 ; Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Deuteronomy 29:24 ; Ezekiel 21:25 ; Jeremiah 18:16 ; Job 19:13-19 ; Job 2:12 ; Job 2:13 ; Luke 19:42 ; Lu...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Astonied — At the day of his destruction. They shall be amazed at the suddenness, and dreadfulness of it. Before — Before the persons last mentione...

²⁰ They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

Related Commentaries of Job 18:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 18:20