Job 18:12

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

1Sa 2:5,36; Job 15:23,24; Ps 7:12-14; Ps 34:10; Ps 109:10; 1Th 5:3; 2Pe 2:3

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.