Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
The firstborn
Bible References
Strength
Job 17:16
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol when once there is rest in the dust.
Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars [closed] upon me forever. Yet thou have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
The firstborn
Genesis 49:3
Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
Isaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety. And I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Revelation 6:8
And behold, a green horse, and he who sits on top of it. His name was Death, and Hades followed with him. And authority was given to him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with starvation, and with what is d