His strength shall be hungerbitten - Shall be exhausted by hunger or famine.

And destruction shall be ready at his si…

His strength. — By “strength” some understand his firstborn son, as Genesis 49:3, but it is not necessary to take it in any other …

His strength shall be hungerbitten
Or "shall be famine" {u}, or hunger, that is, shall be weakened by it; famine is …

Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are reserved for in the next world, and which, to some extent, often overtakes them in this world. T…

Previously, Bildad had described the punishments of sinners found in external adversities, but here he begins to address the punishments affecting …