Job 18:13
It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.
14His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the King of feare.
Cross References
Job 17:16They shall goe downe into the bottome of the pit: surely it shall lye together in the dust.
Jonah 2:6I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lord my God.
Revelation 6:8And I looked, and beholde, a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and Hell folowed after him, and power was giuen vnto them ouer the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sworde, and with hunger, and with death, and with beasts of the earth.
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 →