Job 18:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 18:13 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 18:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Isaiah 14:30Then 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.
- Jonah 2:6To 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!
- Zechariah 14:12And 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 rot in their mouths.
- Revelation 6:8Then 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 of the earth.
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