King James Version
Job 18:12 in the King James Version says “His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.” — study this verse from Job chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.”
Job 18:12 · KJV
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. laid: Heb. hidden
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. drive: Heb. scatter
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. strength: Heb. bars
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be ready”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“at his side”
H6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e., leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an obje
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