Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
All that I have, shall go down into the pit, and lie with me in the dust."
Jonah 2:6
And I went down unto the bottom of the hills, and was barred in with earth on every side forever. And yet thou, LORD my God, broughtest up my life again out of corruption.

The firstborn

Genesis 49:3
"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.
Isaiah 14:30
But the poor shall feed of the best things, and the simple shall dwell in safety. Thy roots will I destroy with hunger, and it shall slay thy remnant.
Revelation 6:8
And I looked. And behold, a green horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed after him, and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, that cometh of vermin of the earth.