New International Version
Job 18:12
12Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
Job 18:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
Context of Job 18:12
10A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. 11Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. 13It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs. 14He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off 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 like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
- Psalms 34:10The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Psalms 109:10May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
- Psalms 7:12If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
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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