Job 18 · Verse 11

Job 18:11

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 18:11, King James Version

Job 18:11 in other translations

BSBTerrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
WEBTerrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
ASVTerrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
YLTRound about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him--at his feet.
DARBYTerrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
BBEHe is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
WebsterTerrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

What does Job 18:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Terrors--often mentioned in this book (Job 18:14; 24:17; &c.). The terrors excited through an evil conscience are here personified. "Magor-missabib" (Jr 20:3). drive ... to his feet--rather, "shall pursue" (literally, "scatter," Ha 3:14) him close "at his heels" (literally, "immediately after his feet," Ha 3:5; 1Sa 25:42; Hebrew). The image is that of a pursuing conqueror who scatters the enemy [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 18:11-21
Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from him. How happy are the saints, and how indebted to the lord Jesus, by whom death is so far done away and changed, that this king of terrors is become a friend and a servant! See the wicked man's family sunk and cut off. His children shall perish, either with him or after him. Those who consult the true honour of their family, and its welfare, will be afraid of withering all by sin. The judgments of God follow the wicked man after death in this world, as a proof of the misery his soul is in after death, and as an earnest of that everlasting shame and contempt to which he shall rise in the great day. The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot, Pr 10:7. It would be well if this report of wicked men would cause any to flee from the wrath to come, from which their power, policy, and riches cannot deliver them. But Jesus ever liveth to deliver all who trust in him. Bear up then, suffering believers. Ye shall for a little time have sorrow, but your Beloved, your Saviour, will see you again; your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh away.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 18:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

סָ֭בִיבSa.vivall aroundH5439
בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּbi.'a.Tu.huthey terrify himH1204
בַלָּה֑וֹתva.la.Hotsudden terror<s>H1091
וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּve.he.fi.Tzu.huand they scatter himH6327
לְרַגְלָֽיו\׃le.rag.Lavto feet hisH7272

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 18:11

  • Job 15:21

    A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Jeremiah 6:25

    Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

  • Jeremiah 49:29

    Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

  • Leviticus 26:36

    And 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.

  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Jeremiah 46:5

    Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

  • Revelation 6:15-16

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:11

    Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

  • Jeremiah 20:3-4

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

  • Psalms 53:5

    There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Terrors.
6:4; 15:21; 20:25; Ps 73:19; Jer 6:25; 20:3,4; 46:5; 49:29; 2Co 5:11
Re 6:15,16
drive him. Heb. scatter him. to his feet.
Le 26:36; 2Ki 7:6,7; Ps 53:5; Pr 28:1

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Context

  • 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 18:12

    His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

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Job 18:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De todas partes lo asombrarán temores, y haránle huir desconcertado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		De toutes parts des terreurs l’alarment et le poussent çà et là, s’attachant à ses pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Schrecken ängstigen ihn ringsum und scheuchen ihn auf Schritt und Tritt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Undique terrebunt eum formidines, et involvent pedes ejus.