Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
King James Version
In Context
10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians 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 dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 20:25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Psalms 73:19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with 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 →