Job 18:12

Job 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
• New International Version (NIV)Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

Context of Job 18:12

10A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him on the path. 11Terrors frighten him on every side And chase at his heels. The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened, And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops]. 13His skin is devoured by disease; The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs. 14He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety], And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).

Job 18:12 word by word

יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His strengthאוֹן'ôn · strengthH202
• shall be hungerbittenרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• and destructionאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343
• readyכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• at his sideצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763

Cross-references for Job 18:12

• Job 15:23He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.
• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease [to hunger]. Even the barren [woman] gives birth to seven, But she who has many children withers away.
• Psalms 34:10The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry, But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
• Psalms 109:10Let his children wander and beg; Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.
• Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While they are saying, “Peace and safety [all is well and secure!]” then [in a moment unforeseen] destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains on a woman with child, and they will absolutely not escape [for there will be no way to escape the judgment of the Lord].
• 2 Peter 2:3And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].

Commentaries on Job 18:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12His strength shall be hungerbitten - Shall be exhausted by hunger or famine. And destruction shall be ready at his side - Hebrew “Shall be fitted” נכוּן nākûn “to his side.” Some have supposed that this refers to some disease, like the pleurisy, that would adhere closely to his side. So Jerome understands it. Schultens has quoted some passages from Arabic poets, in which calamities are represented as “breaking the side.” Bildad refers probably, to some…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13Bildad uses the biblical idea of revenge (consequences for doing wrong) in Job's case, as do Eliphaz and Zophar.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. The Hebrew is brief and bold, "his strength is hungry." destruction--that is, a great calamity (Pr 1:27). ready at his side--close at hand to destroy him (Pr 19:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:12

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Net
• Bildad

Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary