Job 18:12
12 Calamity is ▼▼ The jussive is occasionally used without its normal sense and only as an imperfect (see GKC 323 #109.k).
hungry for him, ▼▼ 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.”
and misfortune is ready at his side. ▼
▼ The expression means that misfortune is right there to destroy him whenever there is the opportunity.
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