Job 18:12
Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
In Context
11Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.
13Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil,—So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth:
Job 15:23A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;
Psalms 34:10Young lions, have come short, and suffered hunger, but, they who seek Yahweh, shall not lack any good thing.
Isaiah 8:21Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry,—And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;
2 Peter 2:3And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth 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 →