Job 18:12-13
Job 18:5-21 The Message (MSG)
“Here’s the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished. Their house goes dark— every lamp in the place goes out. Their strong strides weaken, falter; they stumble into their own traps. They get all tangled up in their own red tape, Their feet are grabbed and caught, their necks in a noose. They trip on ropes they’ve hidden, and fall into pits they’ve dug themselves. Terrors come at them from all sides. They run dazed and confused. The hungry grave is ready to gobble them up for supper, To lay them out for a gourmet meal, a treat for ravenous Death. They are snatched from their home sweet home and marched straight to the death house. Their lives go up in smoke; acid rain soaks their ruins. Their roots rot and their branches wither. They’ll never again be remembered— nameless in unmarked graves. They are plunged from light into darkness, banished from the world. And they leave empty-handed—not one single child— nothing to show for their life on this earth. Westerners are aghast at their fate, easterners are horrified: ‘Oh no! So this is what happens to perverse people. This is how the God-ignorant end up!’”
Job 18:12-13 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Job 18:12-13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side. His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
Job 18:12-13 New Century Version (NCV)
Hunger takes away their strength, and disaster is at their side. Disease eats away parts of their skin; death gnaws at their arms and legs.
Job 18:12-13 American Standard Version (ASV)
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side. The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
Job 18:12-13 New International Version (NIV)
Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
Job 18:12-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side. It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
Job 18:12-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“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.