Job 18:10
His cord is hidden in the earth, || And his trap on the path.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
In Context
9A trap seizes on the heel, || The designing prevails over him.
11Terrors have terrified him all around, || And they have scattered him—at his feet.
Cross References
Ezekiel 12:13And I have spread My net for him, and he has been caught in My snare, and I have brought him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, and he does not see it—and he dies there.
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 →