What does Job 18:20 mean?

Job 18:20 highlights themes such as fear, judgment, legacy when read in context.

How should I apply Job 18:20 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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Proverbs 10:7
Both verses discuss the remembrance of the righteous versus the wicked.
Matthew 27:19
Pilate's wife was astonished by the judgment of Jesus.
Luke 16:25
This verse contrasts the fate of the rich man and Lazarus.