Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.
New American Standard Bible
And a trap snaps shut on him.
King James Version
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Holman Bible
a noose seizes him.
A Conservative Version
A trap shall take [him] by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him.
American Standard Version
A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.
Amplified
“A snare catches him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
Bible in Basic English
His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
Darby Translation
The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
Julia Smith Translation
A snare shall lay hold upon the heel, the noose shall hold fast upon him.
King James 2000
The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A trap seizes [him] by [the] heel; a snare takes hold of him.
Modern King James verseion
The trap shall take him by the heel, and the noose shall hold sway over him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thirsty shall catch him.
NET Bible
A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.
New Heart English Bible
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
The Emphasized Bible
There catcheth him - by the heel - a gin, there holdeth him fast - a noose:
Webster
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
World English Bible
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
Themes
Knowledge » Those that do not know the lord
Snare » Figurative » Of the evils in life of wicked people
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
8 "For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! 9 The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. 10 A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."
Names
Cross References
Job 1:15
when the Sabeans attacked, captured the servants, and killed them with swords. I alone escaped to tell you!"
Job 1:17
While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "The Chaldeans formed three companies, raided the camels, captured the servants, and killed them with swords. Only I alone escaped to tell you."
Job 5:5
Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.
Isaiah 8:14-15
Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.