Job 18:10

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Complete Jewish Bible:

A noose is hidden for him in the ground; pitfalls lie in his path.

Berean Standard Bible:

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

American Standard Version:

A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

The snare{H2256} is laid{H2934} for him in the ground{H776}, and a trap{H4434} for him in the way{H5410}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 11:6

  • Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.

Ezekiel 12:13

  • My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon [to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

Romans 11:9

  • And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

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Commentary for Job 18:10

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2256
    There are 58 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֶבֶל
    Transliteration: chebel
    Pronunciation: kheh'-bel
    Description: or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
  2. Strong's Number: H2934
    There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: טָמַן
    Transliteration: ṭâman
    Pronunciation: taw-man'
    Description: a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); hide, lay privily, in secret.
  3. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  4. Strong's Number: H4434
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַלְכֹּדֶת
    Transliteration: malkôdeth
    Pronunciation: mal-ko'-deth
    Description: from לָכַד; a snare; trap.
  5. Strong's Number: H5410
    There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתִיב
    Transliteration: nâthîyb
    Pronunciation: naw-theeb'
    Description: or (feminine) נְתִיבָה; or נְתִבָה; (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track; path(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.