Job 18:13
It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
In Context
12His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
Cross References
Job 17:16They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.
Jonah 2:6(2-7) I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
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 →