Job 18:9 · KJV
“The gin shall take {him} by the heel, {and} the robber shall prevail against him.”
— Job 18:9
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
The snare {is} laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. {laid: Heb. hidden}
Job 18 — Context
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9The gin shall take {him} by the heel, {and} the robber shall prevail against him.
10The snare {is} laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. {laid: Heb. hidden}
11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. {drive: Heb. scatter}
Cross References
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 only am escaped alone to tell thee. {fell: Heb. rushed}
Isaiah 8:14-15
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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 only am escaped alone to tell thee.