Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“His strength is famished,
And calamity is ready at his side.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

His strength is depleted;
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.

International Standard Version

He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.

A Conservative Version

His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened,
And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops].

Bible in Basic English

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

Darby Translation

His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

Julia Smith Translation

His strength shall be hunger, and destruction being prepared at his side.

King James 2000

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His wealth will become hunger, and disaster is ready for his stumbling.

Modern King James verseion

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and trouble shall be ready at his side.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hunger shall be his substance, and misfortune shall hang upon him.

NET Bible

Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

New Heart English Bible

His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

The Emphasized Bible

Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;

Webster

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

World English Bible

His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
און 
'own 
Usage: 12

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

איד 
'eyd 
Usage: 24

Context Readings

Bildad's Second Speech

11 Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. 12 “His strength is famished,
And calamity is ready at his side.
13 It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

1 Samuel 2:36

And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

Job 15:23-24

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;

Psalm 7:12-14

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

Psalm 34:10

The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 109:10

May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

Isaiah 8:21

They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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