Job 18:13
It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
In Context
12Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.
14Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
Cross References
Job 17:16[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
Jonah 2:6To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
Revelation 6:8and I saw, and lo, a pale horse, and he who is sitting upon him — his name is Death, and Hades doth follow with him, and there was given to them authority to kill, (over the fourth part of the land,) with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the land.
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 →