English Standard Version
Job 18:12
12His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
Context of Job 18:12
10A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. 11Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. 13It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. 14He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is 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
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Cross-references for Job 18:12
- Job 15:23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
- Psalms 34:10The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Psalms 109:10May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
- Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Peter 2:3And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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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