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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Job 18:12

His strength; either,

1. His children, which are, and are called, a man's strength, as Genesis 49:3 Psalms 127:4,5. Or rather,

2. His wealth, and power, and prosperity. Hunger-bitten, or famished, i.e. utterly consumed. Shall be ready at his side, i.e. shall follow him at the heels, as a most diligent servant, or constant companion.

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See also Job 18:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HIS STRENGTH SHALL BE HUNGERBITTEN - Shall be exhausted by hunger or famine. AND DESTRUCTION SHALL BE READY AT HIS SIDE - Hebrew “Shall be fitted” נכוּן _nākûn_ “to his side.” Some have supposed tha...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    STRENGTH, &C. i.e. shall be weakened by hunger. Same word as Job 18:7, not same as Job 18:13....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The closing scenes in three steps: his strength is weakened; his body consumed by a terrible disease; he is led away to the dark king....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HIS STRENGTH SHALL BE HUNGERBITTEN, AND DESTRUCTION SHALL BE READY AT HIS SIDE._ The Hebrew is brief and bold, 'his strength is hungry.' Besides dangers at every step, the sinner's own strength is w...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HUNGER-BITTEN] exhausted by hunger....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהִי ־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנֹ֑ו וְ֝ אֵ֗יד נָכֹ֥ון לְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    His strength shall be (g) hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side. (g) That which should nourish him will be consumed by famine....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (7) The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. (8) For he is cast...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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