Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
New American Standard Bible
And calamity is ready at his side.
King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
International Standard Version
He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.
A Conservative Version
His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side.
American Standard Version
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
Amplified
“The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened,
And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops].
Bible in Basic English
His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
Darby Translation
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.
Julia Smith Translation
His strength shall be hunger, and destruction being prepared at his side.
King James 2000
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His wealth will become hunger, and disaster is ready for his stumbling.
Modern King James verseion
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and trouble shall be ready at his side.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hunger shall be his substance, and misfortune shall hang upon him.
NET Bible
Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.
New Heart English Bible
His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.
The Emphasized Bible
Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;
Webster
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
World English Bible
His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.
Themes
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently marked by terror
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
11
and harass him at every step.
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.
1 Samuel 2:36
Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’”
Job 15:23-24
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Psalm 7:12-14
God
He has strung
Psalm 34:10
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.
Psalm 109:10
searching for food far
Isaiah 8:21
They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit