Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thirsty shall catch 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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
8 For his feet shall be taken in the net, and he is at his wits end. 9 His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thirsty shall catch him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a pitfall in the way.
Names
Cross References
Job 1:15
the Sabeans came in violently, and took them all away: yea, they have slain thy servants with the sword, and I only ran my way, to tell thee."
Job 1:17
In the mean season while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three armies, and fell upon thy camels, which they have carried away: yea, and slain thy servants with the sword, and I only am gotten away, to tell thee."
Job 5:5
that his harvest was eaten up of the hungry; that the weaponed man had spoiled it, and that the thirsty had drunk up his riches.
Isaiah 8:14-15
For he is the sanctifying, and stone to stumble at, the rock to fall upon, a snare and net to both the houses: to Israel, and the inhabiters of Jerusalem.