Job 18:13
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
- KJV
- It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
- WEB
- The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
- ASV
- The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.
- DARBY
- The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
- BLB
- It devours parts of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his parts.
- ÅB
- Hans hud fortæres stykke for stykke, dødens førstefødte[^1] fortærer hans lemmer.
- OTB
- Den fortærer deler av hans hud;
dødens førstefødte fortærer hans lemmer. - B1930
- Hans hud fortæres stykke for stykke, dødens førstefødte fortærer hans lemmer. / < d.e. sykdom som volder døden.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 14:12
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Read in contextRevelation 6:8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Read in contextJob 17:16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Read in contextJonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Read in contextGenesis 49:3
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Read in contextIsaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
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