Parallel Verses
Amplified
“His skin is devoured by disease;
The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs.
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.
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.
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
“The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened,
And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops].
“His skin is devoured by disease;
The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs.
“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],
And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:30
“The firstborn of the helpless [of Judah] will feed [on My meadows],
And the needy will lie down in safety;
But I will kill your root with famine,
And your survivors will be put to death.
Genesis 49:3
“Reuben, you are my
My might, the beginning of my strength and vigor,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power [that should have been your birthright].
Job 17:16
“Will my hope go down with me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)?
Shall we go down together in the dust?”
Jonah 2:6
“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.
Zechariah 14:12
Now this will be the plague with which the Lord shall strike all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.
Revelation 6:8
So I looked, and behold, an ashen (pale greenish gray) horse [like a corpse, representing death and pestilence]; and its rider’s name was Death; and Hades (the realm of the dead) was following with him. They were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword and with famine and with