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

10Someone has hidden a rope on the ground. It catches him as he walks along. 11Everywhere a wicked person goes, things frighten him. He cannot escape from them. Now he is hungry and his strength has disappeared. Terrible trouble is ready to take hold of him whenever it has the chance. 13A bad disease eats his skin. It causes his arms and his legs to become useless and he dies. 14Then he has to leave his tent where he had lived safely. He will have to meet the terrible king of 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 15:23The wicked person walks about to look for food. He says, “Where is it?” He knows that he cannot escape from trouble.
• 1 Samuel 2:5People who had plenty of food to eat have to work for it now. But the people who were hungry have enough food now. Women who could not have any children have now given birth to seven children. But those who had many children are now alone.
• Psalms 34:10Even young lions may not have food, so that they become hungry. But people who trust the Lord for help will receive every good thing that they need.
• Psalms 109:10Cause his children to have no home, so that they go from place to place, and ask people to give them food.
• Psalms 7:12If they do not change the way that they live, God will prepare to punish them. He will make his sword sharp, and he will put an arrow in his bow.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3At that time, people will be saying, ‘We are safe and there is no trouble for us.’ But then, when they are not ready for it, great punishment will suddenly happen to them. It will be impossible for them to run away. Pain will suddenly come to them, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
• 2 Peter 2:3The false teachers want you to give them money. So they will teach things that are not true. A long time ago, God already decided that he must punish them. God is ready to do that now. Certainly, he will soon destroy them.

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