Job 18:12
His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
In Context
11Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.
13It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased; while the barren hath borne seven, she that had many children hath languished.
Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Psalms 34:10(34-11) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.
Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward,
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 →