Job 18:10
in Job 18A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
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ASV
A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
KJV
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
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This verse in Job 18
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The snare is laid - All this language is taken from the modes of taking wild beasts; but it is not possible to designate with absolute certainty the methods in which it was done. The word used here (חבל chebel) means a cord, or rope; and then a snare, gin, or toil, such as is used by hunters. It was used in some way as a noose to secure an animal.
This site's exposition
his own feet lead him into a net
on Job 18:8-10
Three verses give six words for a trap: "a net" and "its mesh", "A trap" and "a snare", "A noose" and "a trap". In "his own feet lead him into a net" the wicked man authors his own ruin. Clarke reads the near synonyms as a device of Hebrew poetry.
This site's exposition
A noose is hidden in the ground
The Hebrew word for noose, Barnes explains, means a cord and then a snare in the ground. The danger lies out of sight. Gregory reads the hidden snare as sin concealed under earthly gain, so the soul sees only the gain.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
Second, the cause of the harm is sometimes from the things themselves in which he sins, as Scripture says, "Riches are amassed to the evil of the one possessing them." (Qoheleth 5:12) Harmful things of this sort come sometimes from things already obtained, and regarding …
His snare is buried in the earth, and his trap upon the way. His 'snare is buried in the earth,' when sin is hidden under earthly interests. For our enemy in executing his plots shews to the human mind something to long after in earthly gain, and hides the snare of sin, that it may bind his soul tight, so that he should see indeed what he might set his heart on, and yet never see in what a snare of sin he is putting his foot. Now a trap has its name from entrapping.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In this he seems, all along, to have an eye to Job's complaints of the miserable condition he was in, that he was in the dark, bewildered, ensnared, terrified, and hastening out of the world. "This," says Bildad, "is the condition of a wicked man; and therefore thou art one." Second Address of Eliphaz.
Thou art thy own tormentor. Forsaken - Shall God give over the government of the earth for thy sake, to prevent thy complaints and clamours? Shall the counsels of God, which are more immoveable than rocks, and the whole course of his providence be altered to comply with thy humours?
The snare is laid for him in the ground,....
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| טָמ֣וּן | tamun | [is] hidden | H2934 → | 31 times |
| בָּאָ֣רֶץ | baaretz | on the ground | H776 → | 2504 times |
| חַבְל֑וֹ | chavlo | rope his | H2256 → | 62 times |
| וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ | umalkudto | and trap his | H4434 → | |
| עֲלֵ֣י | ʾalei | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נָתִֽיב׃ | nativ | [the] path | H5410 → | 26 times |
טָמ֣וּן[is] hidden
tamunH2934 →31 times
בָּאָ֣רֶץon the ground
baaretzH776 →2504 times
חַבְל֑וֹrope his
chavloH2256 →62 times
וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹand trap his
umalkudtoH4434 →
עֲלֵ֣יon
ʾaleiH5921 →5755 times
נָתִֽיב׃[the] path
nativH5410 →26 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 11:9And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
it leads to
- Psalms 69:22–23
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- Psalms 69:22–23
Through
Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:22
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Luke 17:29
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
- Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
- Psalms 75:8
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…
- Ezekiel 38:22
Through
Ezekiel 12:13But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
- Jeremiah 39:7
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 17:20
About Job
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.