Job 18:13
Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
In Context
12Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;
14Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;
Cross References
Job 17:16With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly—into the dust, is the descent!
Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly,—Then didst thou bring up—out of the pit—my life, O Yahweh my God.
Revelation 6:8And I saw, and lo! a livid horse,—and he that was sitting thereupon had for a name, Death, and, Hades, was following with him; and there was given unto them authority over the fourth of the earth, to slay with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild 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 →