Job 18:9
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
- KJV
- The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
- WEB
- A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
- ASV
- A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.
- DARBY
- The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
- BLB
- A trap seizes him by the heel, [and] a snare shall prevail over him.
- ÅB
- En snare griper om hans hæl, et rep tar fatt i ham.
- OTB
- En snare fanger ham ved hælen,
og en felle holder ham fast. - B1930
- En snare griper om hans hæl, et rep tar fatt i ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Read in contextJob 1:15
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Read in contextJob 1:17
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:14–15
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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