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Job 18:12

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18:12Calamity is24 hungry for him,25

and misfortune is ready at his side.26

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Footnotes

  1. 24 The jussive is occasionally used without its normal sense and only as an imperfect (see §109.k).
  2. 25 There are a number of suggestions for אֹנוֹ (’ono). Some take it as “vigor”: thus “his strength is hungry.” Others take it as “iniquity”: thus “his iniquity/trouble is hungry.”
  3. 26 The expression means that misfortune is right there to destroy him whenever there is the opportunity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

His strength is famished,

and calamity is ready for his stumbling.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Calamity is hungry for him;

disaster is ready for him when he falls.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His strength is depleted;

disaster lies ready for him to stumble.

NLTNew Living Translation

Hunger depletes their strength,

and calamity waits for them to stumble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

His wealth will become hunger,

and disaster is ready for his stumbling.

KJV 1900King James Version

His strength shall be hungerbitten,

And destruction shall be ready at his side.