Job 18:11
Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
In Context
10A noose is hidden on the ground for them; a rope is stretched across the path to trip them.
12Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36I will make those of you who survive so discouraged that as you live in the lands of your enemies even the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will scare you into running away! You'll run away like you're being chased by someone with a sword, and fall down even though no one is after you.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the Arameans hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army approaching, so they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come and attack us.”
Job 15:21Terrifying sounds fill their ears; even when they think they're safe, the destroyer will attack them.
Job 20:25The arrow is pulled out of their gall bladder, glistening with blood. They are absolutely terrified!
Job 27:20Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
Psalms 73:19How quickly they're destroyed! They come to a terrifying end.
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 →