Job 18:13 (ESV)ExpositionCommentary on Job 18:13 (Summary) ShareInformationReading ListEnglishJob 18:13 (ESV)13 It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.Bildad describes Job’s own situation, as he sits covered with painful sores (Job 2:7) and waiting for death. Such a disease is the beginning (the firstborn) of death.
13 It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.