Job 18:11
Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
12His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to another: 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.'
Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 20:25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Psalms 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
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 →