Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

A snare shall lay hold upon the heel, the noose shall hold fast upon him.

New American Standard Bible

“A snare seizes him by the heel,
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 trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.

International Standard Version

The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on 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;

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.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּח 
Pach 
Usage: 27

אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

him by the heel
עקּבה עקב 
`aqeb 
Usage: 14

and the robber
צמּים 
Tsammiym 
Usage: 2

References

Easton

Smith

Context Readings

Bildad's Second Speech

8 For he was cast into a net by his feet, and he will go about upon latticework. 9 A snare shall lay hold upon the heel, the noose shall hold fast upon him. 10 His gin being hid in the earth, and his snare upon the beaten path.

Cross References

Job 1:15

And Sheba will fall and take them; they struck the young men by the month of the sword; and only shall escape, I alone, to announce to thee..

Job 1:17

This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The Chaldeans set three heads, and they invaded upon the camels, and they will take them, and they struck the young men with the mouth of the sword; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee.

Job 5:5

Which his harvest the hungry one will devour, and not from thorns shall they take it, and destruction gaped after their substance.

Isaiah 8:14-15

And he was for a holy place and for a stone of striking, and for a rock of falling to the two houses of Israel; for a trap net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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