Job 18:12
Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
In Context
11Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
13Disease devours their skin; deadly disease consumes their limbs.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5Those who used to have plenty of food now have to work to earn a crust, while those who used to be hungry now have become fat. The woman who was childless now has seven children, while the woman with many children fades away.
Job 15:23They wander around looking for food, asking ‘Where is it?’ They know that their day of darkness is close at hand.
Psalms 34:10Lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who trust in the Lord have all that is good.
Isaiah 8:21They will wander around the country, depressed and hungry. When they are starving they will become furious, and looking up they will curse their king and their God.
2 Peter 2:3They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, and their destruction won't be postponed.
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 →