Job 18:14
He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
In Context
13His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.
15In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.
Cross References
Job 8:22Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.
Job 24:17For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
Psalms 55:4\55:3\I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.
Matthew 7:26And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
Hebrews 2:15And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:12-21
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. 13 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. 16 His roots shall be dried up… Read the whole commentary →