Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He shall eat the strength of his own skin; the firstborn of death shall eat his members.
New American Standard Bible
The firstborn of death
King James Version
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
Holman Bible
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
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.
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.
Themes
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently marked by terror
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
12 Hunger shall be his substance, and misfortune shall hang upon him. 13 He shall eat the strength of his own skin; the firstborn of death shall eat his members. 14 All his comfort and hope shall be rooted out of his dwelling, and shall bring him unto the king of fear.
Phrases
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Cross References
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.
Genesis 49:3
"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.
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.
Zechariah 14:12
This shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite all people, that have fought against Jerusalem: Namely, their flesh shall consume away, though they stand upon their feet; their eyes shall be corrupt in their holes, and their tongue shall consume in their mouth.
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.