Job 18:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

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  • Ps 37:13 : 13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
  • Jer 50:27 : 27 Put 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.
  • Ezek 21:25 : 25 And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
  • Obad 1:11-15 : 11 Because 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. 12 Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble. 13 Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall. 14 And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble. 15 For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.
  • Luke 19:42 : 42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.
  • Luke 19:44 : 44 And 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.
  • Deut 29:23-24 : 23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath: 24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
  • 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And 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 2:12-13 : 12 And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads. 13 And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
  • Job 19:13-19 : 13 He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me. 14 My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds. 15 I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country. 16 At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body. 18 Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me. 19 All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.
  • Ps 137:7 : 7 O 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.
  • Jer 18:16 : 16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:14-19
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    78%

    14 He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

    15 In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

    17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

    18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

    19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

  • 21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Job 21:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

    31 Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

  • Job 20:7-9
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    7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

    8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

    9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.

  • Job 20:26-28
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    26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

    27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • 13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • 11 He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

  • 21 A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

  • 17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

  • 11 Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

  • 16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

  • 10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

  • 19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

  • Job 18:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

    7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • 8 The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • 21 His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

  • 24 He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

  • 6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • 15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

  • 16 Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

  • 20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

  • 20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

  • 45 They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

  • 11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

  • 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • 22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • 46 They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

  • 28 And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

  • 19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

  • 14 In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.

  • 18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • 20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

  • 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

  • 20 Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • 6 For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

  • 5 Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

  • 20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

  • 19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

  • 20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.