It shall devour
398 {0398} Primeאָכַל'akal{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the strength
905 {0905} Primeבַּדbad{bad}
From H0909; properly separation; by implication a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as adverb, apart, only, besides.
of his skin:
5785 {5785} Primeעוֹר`owr{ore}
From H5783; skin (as naked); by implication hide, leather.
[ even] the firstborn
1060 {1060} Primeבְּכוֹרb@kowr{bek-ore'}
From H1069; firstborn; hence chief.
of death
4194 {4194} Primeמָוֶתmaveth{maw'-veth}
From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state ( hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin.
shall devour
398 {0398} Primeאָכַל'akal{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
his strength.
905 {0905} Primeבַּדbad{bad}
From H0909; properly separation; by implication a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as adverb, apart, only, besides. |
Job 18:13
_ _ Umbreit has “he” for “it,” that is, “in the rage of hunger he shall devour his own body”; or, “his own children” (Lamentations 4:10). Rather, “destruction” from Job 18:12 is nominative to “devour.”
_ _ strength — rather, “members” (literally, the “branches” of a tree).
_ _ the first-born of death — a personification full of poetical horror. The first-born son held the chief place (Genesis 49:3); so here the chiefest (most deadly) disease that death has ever engendered (Isaiah 14:30; “first-born of the poor” — the poorest). The Arabs call fever, “daughter of death.” |
Job 18:13
First — born — A terrible kind of death. The first — born was the chief of his brethren, and therefore this title is given to things eminent in their kind. |
Job 18:13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the (h) firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
(h) That is, some strong and violent death will consume his strength: or as the Hebrew word signifies his members or parts. |
- strength:
- Heb. bars,
Job 17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
Jonah 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
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- the firstborn:
Genesis 49:3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Isaiah 14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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