Job 18:9
The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
In Context
8For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
10A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
Cross References
Job 1:17While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
Psalms 9:16Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Isaiah 8:14And he will be for a sanctuary; and 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.
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 →