Job 18:13 “It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his lim…”

Job 18:13

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

World English Bible

The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.

American Standard Version

The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

Geneva Bible 1599

It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.

Darby Translation

The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

Young's Literal Translation

It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.

Bible in Basic English

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

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Cross references

“strength”

Job 17:16 Jonah 2:6

Job 17:16 · BSB

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

Jonah 2:6 · BSB

To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

“the firstborn”

Genesis 49:3 Isaiah 14:30 Revelation 6:8

Genesis 49:3 · BSB

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

Isaiah 14:30 · BSB

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

Revelation 6:8 · BSB

Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts o…

Also

Zechariah 14:12

Zechariah 14:12 · BSB

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

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