Job 18:9
His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
In Context
8His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
10The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
Cross References
Job 1:17And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
Psalms 9:16\9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
Isaiah 8:14And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:6-11
Miserable Condition of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. 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. 9 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,… Read the whole commentary →