Job 18:13

Modern

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Traditional

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

Literal

It devours parts of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his parts.

Latin

Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus; consumat brachia illius primogenita mors.

Hebrew

English

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

death devours: The prophet Isaiah later changed this image. He pictured the Lord as defeating death (Isaiah 25:8; see 1 Corinthians 15:54).

Bildad uses the biblical idea of revenge (consequences for doing wrong) in Job's case, as do Eliphaz and Zophar.

Jonah 2:6
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
Zechariah 14:12
And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Genesis 49:3
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
Isaiah 14:30
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Revelation 6:8
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.