King James Version

Job 18:12

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

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יְהִיyehibeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.רָעֵ֥בraevhungryרָעֵבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “hungry”, the ordinary formH7457hungry (more or less intensely)hunger bitten, hungry.אֹנ֑וֹonvoforceאוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH202ability, power, (figuratively) wealthforce, goods, might, strength, substance.וְ֝אֵ֗ידveeydand calamityאֵידconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and calamity”, the ordinary formH343oppression; by implication misfortune, ruincalamity, destruction.נָכ֥וֹןnakhonbe fittedכּוּןverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “be fitted”, a verb used as a describing wordH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…לְצַלְעֽוֹletsalvoto plankצֵלָעpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to plank”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

Young’s Literal Translation

Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.

World English Bible

His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.

Darby Translation

His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

Douay-Rheims

Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

vex him with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πτῶμα δὲ αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασται ἐξαίσιον.