Verse Comparison: Job 18:12
American Standard Version
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
Amplified® Bible
The strength [of the wicked] shall be hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side [if he halts].
Contemporary English Version
Starving, they run, only to meet disaster,
Darby English Version
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.
Good News Bible
They used to be rich, but now they go hungry; disaster stands and waits at their side.
King James Version
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
New American Standard Bible
"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.
New International Version
Calamity is hungry for him;
disaster is ready for him when he falls.
New King James Version
His strength is starved,
And destruction is ready at his side.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"His strength has diminished, And calamity rests ready at his side.
Revised Standard Version
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
Young's Literal Translation
Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.