Job 18:9
A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
In Context
8Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
10A noose is hidden on the ground for them; a rope is stretched across the path to trip them.
Cross References
Job 1:17While he was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Three armed companies of Chaldeans attacked the camels and took them, killing the herdsmen. Only I escaped to bring you this news.”
Psalms 9:16The Lord is known for his fairness; the wicked are trapped by their own actions. Higgaion. Selah.
Isaiah 8:14He will be a sanctuary for you. But to the royal families of both Israel and Judah he will be a stone they trip over and a rock that makes them stumble, a trap and a snare to the people who live in 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 →