Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease 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.
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.
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 He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. 13 Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs. 14 Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:30
The firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I'll kill your root by famine, and I'll execute your survivors.
Genesis 49:3
"Reuben, you're my firstborn, my strength, and the first fruit of my vitality. You excel in rank and excel in power.
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the bars that lock the doors of the afterlife? Will we descend together into the dust?"
Jonah 2:6
I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God!
Zechariah 14:12
"This will be the plague with which the LORD inflicts all of the people who have attacked Jerusalem: he will cause their flesh to rot away, even while they're standing on their feet. He will cause their eyes to rot away in their sockets, and their tongues to rot away in their mouths.
Revelation 6:8
I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth to kill people using wars, famines, plagues, and the wild animals of the earth.