Job 18:12
His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
In Context
11All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
13It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full hire themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry cease [from labor]: while the barren hath born seven, she that hath many children fadeth away.
Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying,] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
Psalms 34:10(34:11) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.
Isaiah 8:21And the [people] shall pass through [the land], hard oppressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they will become enraged, and curse their king and their god, and turn toward on high [for aid].
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 →