Job 18:13

It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.

Leeser Tanakh

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 first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.

14Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.

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Cross References

Job 17:16Let then my limbs sink down to the nether world: truly in the dust alone there is rest for all.

Jonah 2:6(2:7) To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth [closed] her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest 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 →

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