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
They shall go down to the gates of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Jonah 2:6
I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed about me forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
The firstborn
Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency 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 your root with famine, and he shall slay your remnant.
Revelation 6:8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the living creatures of the earth.