Job 18:14
Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
13Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;
15There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;
Cross References
Job 8:22They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
Job 24:17For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.
Psalms 55:4My heart, would writhe within me, And, the terrors of Death, have fallen upon me:
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous, shall be gladness, but, the expectation of the lawless, shall vanish.
Matthew 7:26And every one who heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
Hebrews 2:15And might release these—as many as, by fear of death, were all their lifetime liable, 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 →