Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
New American Standard Bible
And a trap for him on the path.
King James Version
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Holman Bible
and a snare waits for him along the path.
International Standard Version
A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."
A Conservative Version
A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
American Standard Version
A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Amplified
“A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.
Bible in Basic English
The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
Darby Translation
A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
Julia Smith Translation
His gin being hid in the earth, and his snare upon the beaten path.
King James 2000
The noose is laid for him on the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His rope is hidden in the ground, and his trap on [the] path.
Modern King James verseion
The pitfall is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a pitfall in the way.
NET Bible
A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.
New Heart English Bible
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.
The Emphasized Bible
Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, - and a snare for him, on the path.
Webster
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
World English Bible
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.
Themes
Knowledge » Those that do not know the lord
Snare » Figurative » Of the evils in life of wicked people
Interlinear
Chebel
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
9 Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing. 10 Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path. 11 Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him -- at his feet.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 11:6
He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.
Ezekiel 12:13
And I have spread My net for him, and he hath been caught in My snare, and I have brought him in to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, and it he doth not see -- and there doth he die.
Romans 11:9
and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;