Job 22 · Verse 10

Job 22:10

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 22:10, King James Version

Job 22:10 in other translations

BSBTherefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
WEBTherefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
ASVTherefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
YLTTherefore round about thee are snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
DARBYTherefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
BBEFor this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
WebsterTherefore snares are around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

What does Job 22:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. snares--alluding to Job's admission (Job 19:6; compare Job 18:10; Pr 22:5).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Therefore snares - As thou hast dealt with others, so has God, in his retributive providence, dealt with thee. As thou hast spoiled, so art thou spoiled. Thou art taken in a net from which thou canst not escape. There is an allusion here to the hunting of the elephant: he is driven into an inclosure in the woods, passing from strait to strait, till brought into a narrow point, from which he cannot escape; and then his consternation is great, and his roaring terrible. God hath hunted thee down, as men hunt down those wild and dangerous beasts. See on Job 18:21 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:5-14

Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.

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Job 22:10 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.

עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֭ןken-foreH3651
סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָse.vi.vo.Tei.kha[are] around youH5439
פַחִ֑יםfa.ChimsnaresH6341
וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָVi.va.hel.khaand it terrifies youH926
פַּ֣חַדPa.chaddreadH6343
פִּתְאֹֽם\׃pit.'OmsuddenlyH6597

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

Cross references for Job 22:10

  • Job 13:21

    Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

  • 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.

  • Job 18:8-10

    For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 1:27

    When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

  • Job 19:6

    Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

  • Proverbs 3:25-26

    Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
snares.
18:8-10; 19:6; Ps 11:6
sudden.
6:4; 13:21; Pr 1:27; 3:25,26; 1Th 5:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • Job 22:10

    Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

  • Job 22:11

    Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

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Job 22:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto hay lazos alrededor de ti, y te turba espanto repentino;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi il y a des pièges autour de toi, et une terreur subite t’effraie;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum sind Schlingen rings um dich her, und ein plötzlicher Schrecken macht dich bestürzt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.