His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
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Gill's Exposition
It shall devour the strength of his skin,.... Or "the bars of his skin" (x), the strength and support of his body, for which his skin may be put, as the bones; or "the branches of his skin" (y), the…
Barnes' Notes
His strength shall be hungerbitten - Shall be exhausted by hunger or famine. And destruction shall be ready at his side - Hebrew “Shall be fitted” נכוּן nākûn “to his side.” Some have supposed that…
Bildad here describes the destruction itself which wicked people are reserved for in the other world, and which, in some degree, often seizes them in this world. Come, and see what a miserable…
The closing scenes in three steps: his strength is weakened; his body consumed by a terrible disease; he is led away to the dark king.
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