Job 18:13
Disease devours their skin; deadly disease consumes their limbs.
Free Bible 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
12Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.
14They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.
Cross References
Job 17:16Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Jonah 2:6I sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.
Revelation 6:8I looked and saw a pale horse. The rider was called Death, and Hades followed him. They received authority over a quarter of the earth to kill people by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by wild beasts.
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 →