Job 18:14
He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
In Context
13His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
15They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Cross References
Job 8:22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, And the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job 24:17The morning is to them the very shadow of death; They are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
Psalms 55:4My heart trembleth in my bosom, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: But the expectation of the wicked shall come to nothing.
Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
Hebrews 2:15and might deliver those who, through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage.
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 →