Tree of Life Version
Job 18:12
12Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for his fall.
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. 11On every side terrors frighten him and harass his every step. Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for his fall. 13It eats away pieces 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 bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those full hire themselves for bread, but those starving hunger no more. Even the barren gives birth to seven, but she with many sons languishes.
- Psalms 34:10Fear Adonai, His kedoshim, For those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Psalms 109:10Let his children wander and beg and may they search in their ruins.
- Psalms 7:12God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant every day.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not 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
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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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