Job 18:12

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Trouble is hungry for him, calamity ready for his fall;

Berean Standard Bible:

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

American Standard Version:

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

His strength{H202} shall be hungerbitten{H7457}, and destruction{H343} shall be ready{H3559} at his side{H6763}.

Cross-References (KJV):

2 Peter 2:3

  • ¶ And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Psalms 7:12

  • If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalms 7:14

  • Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

1 Samuel 2:36

  • And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

Psalms 109:10

  • Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

  • For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Isaiah 8:21

  • And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

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Commentary for Job 18:12

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H202
    There are 707 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אוֹן
    Transliteration: ʼôwn
    Pronunciation: one
    Description: probably from the same as אָוֶן (in the sense of effort, but successful); ability, power, (figuratively) wealth; force, goods, might, strength, substance.
  2. Strong's Number: H7457
    There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָעֵב
    Transliteration: râʻêb
    Pronunciation: raw-abe'
    Description: from רָעֵב; hungry (more or less intensely); hunger bitten, hungry.
  3. Strong's Number: H343
    There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵיד
    Transliteration: ʼêyd
    Pronunciation: ade
    Description: from the same as אוּד (in the sense of bending down); oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin; calamity, destruction.
  4. Strong's Number: H3559
    There are 210 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כּוּן
    Transliteration: kûwn
    Pronunciation: koon
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
  5. Strong's Number: H6763
    There are 33 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֵלָע
    Transliteration: tsêlâʻ
    Pronunciation: tsay-law'
    Description: or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from צָלַע; a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring); beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).