Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.

New American Standard Bible

His skin is devoured by disease,
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

The members of his body shall be devoured. The first-born of death shall devour his body-parts.

American Standard Version

The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea , the first-born of death shall devour his members.

Amplified


“His skin is devoured by disease;
The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs.

Bible in Basic English

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

Darby Translation

The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

Julia Smith Translation

It shall devour the bars of his skin: the first-born of death shall devour his bars.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

It consumes parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.

Modern King James verseion

It shall devour the parts of his skin; the first-born of death consumes his parts.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He shall eat the strength of his own skin; the firstborn of death shall eat his members.

NET Bible

It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

New Heart English Bible

The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

The Emphasized Bible

Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;

Webster

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the first-born of death shall devour his strength.

World English Bible

The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

Youngs Literal Translation

It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

of his skin
עור 
`owr 
Usage: 99

בּכור 
B@kowr 
Usage: 117

of death
מות 
Maveth 
Usage: 156

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

References

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

Bildad's Second Speech

12 His strength is depleted;
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
13 Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
14 He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.



Cross References

Isaiah 14:30

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed,
and the impoverished will lie down in safety,
but I will kill your root with hunger,
and your remnant will be slain.

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, you are my firstborn,
my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,
excelling in prominence, excelling in power.

Job 17:16

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
or will we descend together to the dust?

Jonah 2:6

I sank to the foundations of the mountains;
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

Zechariah 14:12

This will be the plague the Lord strikes all the peoples with, who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Revelation 6:8

And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

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