Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
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.
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.
Themes
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently marked by terror
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
12 Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side. 13 It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born. 14 Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:30
And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.
Genesis 49:3
Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
Job 17:16
To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
Jonah 2:6
To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
Zechariah 14:12
And this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.
Revelation 6:8
and I saw, and lo, a pale horse, and he who is sitting upon him -- his name is Death, and Hades doth follow with him, and there was given to them authority to kill, (over the fourth part of the land,) with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the land.