His strength shall be hunger-bitten— The Vulgate renders this, His strength shall be eaten by famine; which appears to be a good translation, and still keeps up the image in the former verses: as does the next clause, Destruction shall be ready at, or for his side, alluding to the arrow which is fitted to the string, and ready to be discharged at him. See ch. Job 12:5.
Related Commentaries of Job 18:12
Job 18:12
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.