Parallel Verses
King James 2000
The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of 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.
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;
Julia Smith Translation
A snare shall lay hold upon the heel, the noose shall hold fast upon 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 is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare. 9 The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him. 10 The noose is laid for him on the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Names
Cross References
Job 1:15
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone am escaped to tell you.
Job 1:17
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone am escaped to tell you.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.
Isaiah 8:14-15
And he shall be as a sanctuary; but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.