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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Job 18:21
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    21Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Job 21:30-31
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    30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

    31Who 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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    7Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

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

    9The 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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    26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

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

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

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But 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.

  • Job 18:11
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    11He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

  • Job 15:21
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    21A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

  • Job 24:17
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    17For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

  • Hab 1:11
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    11Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

  • Jer 18:16
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    16Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

  • Job 7:10
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    10He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

  • Job 18:6-7
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    6The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

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

  • Job 17:8
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    8The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • Job 14:21
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    21His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

  • Job 15:24
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    24He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

  • Ps 52:6
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    6The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • Job 27:15
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    15When 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.

  • Isa 14:16
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    16Those 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?

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

  • Ps 18:45
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    45They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

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

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

  • Job 8:22
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    22Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • 2 Sam 22:46
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    46They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

  • Job 15:28
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    28And 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.

  • Job 8:19
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    19Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

  • Isa 17:14
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    14In 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.

  • Job 21:18
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    18How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • Job 21:20
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    20Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

  • Job 20:21
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    21He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

  • Job 22:20
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    20Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6For 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.

  • Ps 14:5
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    5Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

  • Job 27:20
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    20Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

  • Ps 55:19
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    19God 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.

  • Deut 19:20
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    20And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.