Job 18:10
Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
In Context
9Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
11Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.
Cross References
Ezekiel 12:13And I have spread My net for him, and he hath been caught in My snare, and I have brought him in to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, and it he doth not see — and there doth he die.
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 →