Job 18:12
His sorrow is hungry, || And calamity is ready at his side.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
In Context
11Terrors have terrified him all around, || And they have scattered him—at his feet.
13It consumes the parts of his skin, || Death’s firstborn consumes his parts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5The satiated hired themselves for bread, || And the hungry have ceased. While the barren has borne seven, || And she abounding with sons has languished.
Job 15:23He is wandering for bread: Where [is] it? He has known that ready at his hand || Is a day of darkness.
Psalms 34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, || And those seeking YHWH do not lack any good,
Isaiah 8:21And it has passed over into it, hardened and hungry, || And it has come to pass, || That it is hungry, and has been angry, || And made light of its king, and of its God, || And has looked upwards.
2 Peter 2:3and in covetousness, with forged words, they will make merchandise of you, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
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 →