Job 18:13

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

It consumes the parts of his skin, || Death’s firstborn consumes his parts.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.

GNV

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

JPS

It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

LXXE

Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.

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WLC

יֹ֭אכַל בַּדֵּ֣י עוֹר֑וֹ יֹאכַ֥ל בַּ֝דָּ֗יו בְּכ֣וֹר מָֽוֶת׃

LXX-Br

Βρωθείησαν αὐτοῦ κλῶνες ποδῶν, κατέδεται δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὡραῖα θάνατος.

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• Genesis 49:3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
• 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…
• 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!
• 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.
• Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
• 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…

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