Job 18:10
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Job 18:10 in other translations
| BSB | A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path. |
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| WEB | A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path. |
| ASV | A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way. |
| YLT | Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path. |
| DARBY | A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way. |
| BBE | The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way. |
| Webster | The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. |
What does Job 18:10 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 18:5-10
Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do not repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy, yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to rank their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from…
Job 18:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 18:10
- Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Ezekiel 12:13
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
- Romans 11:9
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
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Context
- Job 18:9
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
- Job 18:10
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
- Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 18:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Su cuerda está escondida en la tierra, y su torzuelo sobre la senda. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Sa corde est cachée dans la terre, et sa trappe sur le sentier. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sein Garn ist verborgen in der Erde, und seine Falle auf dem Pfade. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus, et decipula illius super semitam. |