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 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, And a trap for him in the road. 11Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet. His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side. 13It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs. 14He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before 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 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, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.
• Psalms 34:10The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
• Psalms 109:10Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.
• Psalms 7:12If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
• 2 Peter 2:3By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

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