Job 18:13

Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs.

Isaiah 14:30

The firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I'll kill your root by famine, and I'll execute your survivors.

Genesis 49:3

"Reuben, you're my firstborn, my strength, and the first fruit of my vitality. You excel in rank and excel in power.

Job 17:16

Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors of the afterlife? Will we descend together into the dust?"

Jonah 2:6

I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God!

Zechariah 14:12

"This will be the plague with which the LORD inflicts all of the people who have attacked Jerusalem: he will cause their flesh to rot away, even while they're standing on their feet. He will cause their eyes to rot away in their sockets, and their tongues to rot away in their mouths.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth to kill people using wars, famines, plagues, and the wild animals of the earth.

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Summary

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

Strength

Bible References

Strength

Job 17:16
Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors of the afterlife? Will we descend together into the dust?"
Jonah 2:6
I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God!

The firstborn

Genesis 49:3
"Reuben, you're my firstborn, my strength, and the first fruit of my vitality. You excel in rank and excel in power.
Isaiah 14:30
The firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I'll kill your root by famine, and I'll execute your survivors.
Revelation 6:8
I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth to kill people using wars, famines, plagues, and the wild animals of the earth.

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