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 rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path. 11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step. Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side. 13It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs. 14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.

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 – food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.
• Psalms 34:10Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
• Psalms 109:10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
• Psalms 7:12If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
• 2 Peter 2:3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; 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

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