King James Version
Job 18:20 in the King James Version says “They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted . went: or, lived with h...” — study this verse from Job chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted . went: or, lived with him were: Heb. laid hold on horror”
Job 18:20 · KJV
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He: Heb. They shall drive him
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted . went: or, lived with him were: Heb. laid hold on horror
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“at his day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“him shall be astonied”
H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
“They that come after”
H314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
“were affrighted”
H270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
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