Job 18:11

9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
KJV
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
WEB
Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
ASV
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
DARBY
Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
BLB
Terrors round about make him tremble and scatter him at his feet.
ÅB
Redsler forferder ham rundt om og jager ham hvor han setter sin fot.
OTB
Plutselige redsler skremmer ham på alle kanter
og forfølger ham ved hvert skritt.
B1930
Redsler forferder ham rundt om og jager ham hvor han setter sin fot.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 15:21

    Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

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  • Jeremiah 6:25

    Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

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  • Jeremiah 49:29

    They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

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  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

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  • Jeremiah 46:5

    Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

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  • Revelation 6:15–16

    Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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