Job 18:9
And let snares come upon him: 1 He shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
In Context
8His foot also has been caught in a snare, 1 And let it be entangled in a net. 1
10His snare is hidden in the earth, 1 And that which shall take him is by the path. 1
Cross References
Job 1:17While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, 1 The horsemen formed three companies against us, 1 And surrounded the camels, and took them for a prey, 1 And slew the servants with the sword; 1 And I only escaped, and am come to tell thee. 1
Psalms 9:16The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: 1 In the very snare which they hid is their foot taken. 1
Isaiah 8:14And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against a stumbling stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.
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 →