Job 18:13
Let it devour the beauty of his skin; let the ancient death consume his arms.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
In Context
12Let his strength be diminished by famine, and let starvation invade his ribs.
14Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle, and let ruin trample over him like a king.
Cross References
Job 17:16Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?
Jonah 2:6The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
Revelation 6:8And behold, a pale horse. And he who was sitting upon it, his name was Death, and Hell was following him. And authority was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to destroy by the sword, by famine, and by death, and by the creatures of the earth.
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 →