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11 aTerrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet. 
12 His strength is starved,
And adestruction is ready at his side. 
13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his1 limbs. 
14 He is uprooted from athe shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors. 
15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 aHis roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above. 
17 aThe memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name1 among the renowned. 
18 1He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world. 
19 aHe has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings. 
20 Those1 in the west are astonished aat his day,
As those1 in the east are frightened. 
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who adoes not know God.” 
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Job 18:13

It shall devour the strength of his skin - Margin, bars. The margin is a correct translation of the Hebrew. The word used ( badēy , construct with ‛ôrô - his skin) means bars, staves, branches, and here denotes his limbs, members; or, more literally, the bones, as supports of the skin, or the human frame. The bones are regarded as the bars, or the framework, holding the other parts of the body in their place, and over which the skin is stretched. The word "it" here refers to the "first-born of death" in the other hemistich of the verse; and the meaning is, that the strength of his body shal be entirely exhausted.

The first-born of death - The "first-born" is usually spoken of as distinguished for vigor and strength; Genesis 49:3, "Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength;" and the idea conveyed here by the "first-born of death" is the most fearful and destructive disease that death has ever engendered; compare Milton' s description of the progeny of sin, in Paradise Los. Diseases are called "the sons or children of death" by the Arabs, (see Schultens in loc.,) as being begotten by it.




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