American Standard Version
Job 18:12
12His strength shall be hunger-bitten,And calamity shall be ready at his side.
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 hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way. 11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side. 13The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members. 14He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:12 word by word
יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 18:12
- Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceasedto hunger: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.
- Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
- Psalms 109:10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.
- Psalms 7:12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
- 2 Peter 2:3And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
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
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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
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