Job 18:12

NETBible

Calamity is 1  hungry for him, 2  and misfortune is ready at his side. 3 

NIV ©

Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.

NASB ©

"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.

NLT ©

Their vigor is depleted by hunger, and calamity waits for them to stumble.

MSG ©

The hungry grave is ready to gobble them up for supper,

BBE ©

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

NRSV ©

Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling.

NKJV ©

His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

KJV
His strength
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shall be hungerbitten
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and destruction
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[shall be] ready
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at his side
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NASB ©
"His strength
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is famished
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, And calamity
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is ready
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at his side
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.
LXXM
ptwma
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N-NSN
de
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PRT
autw
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D-DSM
htoimastai
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V-RPI-3S
exaision {A-NSN}
NET [draft] ITL
Calamity is hungry
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for him
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, and misfortune
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is ready
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at his side
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.
HEBREW
welul
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Nwkn
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dyaw
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wna
<0202>
ber
<07457>
yhy (18:12)
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NETBible

Calamity is 1  hungry for him, 2  and misfortune is ready at his side. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn The jussive is occasionally used without its normal sense and only as an imperfect (see GKC 323 §109.k).

2 tn 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 tn The expression means that misfortune is right there to destroy him whenever there is the opportunity.