Christian Standard Bible
Job 18:12
12His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
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 rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path. 11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step. His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble. 13Parts of his skin are eaten away; death’s firstborn consumes his limbs. 14He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:12 word by word
יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:12
- Job 15:23He wanders about for food, asking, “Where is it?” He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who are full hire themselves out for food, but those who are starving hunger no more. The woman who is childless gives birth to seven, but the woman with many sons pines away.
- Psalms 34:10Young lions lack food and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
- Psalms 109:10Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes.
- Psalms 7:12If anyone does not repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has strung his bow and made it ready.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Peter 2:3They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
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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