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12 His strength is eaten away by hunger,[a]
and disaster is waiting for him to stumble.
13 It eats away pieces of his skin.
Death’s firstborn child eats away pieces of him.
14 He is torn away from the safety of his tent.
He is marched off to the king of terrors.

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  1. Job 18:12 Or destruction is hungry for him

12 His strength is starved,
And (A)destruction is ready at his side.
13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his [a]limbs.
14 He is uprooted from (B)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.

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  1. Job 18:13 parts

12 His strength is famished,
    and calamity is (A)ready for his stumbling.
13 It consumes the parts of his skin;
    (B)the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
14 He is torn from the tent in which he trusted
    and is brought to (C)the king of terrors.

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