Job 18:10
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
World English Bible Classic
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 snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
11Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
Cross References
Ezekiel 12:13I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die 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 →