Job 18:12
His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
In Context
11Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
13His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
Cross References
Job 15:23He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.
Psalms 34:10Young lions want, and suffer hunger; But they who fear the LORD want no good thing.
Isaiah 8:21They shall pass through the land distressed and famished; And when they are famished, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, And look upward.
2 Peter 2:3and in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment long ago ordained lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
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 →