Job 18:11
Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
In Context
10A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
12Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies, the sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them, and they shall flee as it were from the sword: they shall fall, when no man pursueth them,
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army, and they said one to another: Behold the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians, and they are come upon us.
Job 15:21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
Job 20:25The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.
Job 27:20Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.
Psalms 73:19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
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 →