Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
There catcheth him - by the heel - a gin, there holdeth him fast - a noose:
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.
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.
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 thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth; 9 There catcheth him - by the heel - a gin, there holdeth him fast - a noose: 10 Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, - and a snare for him, on the path.
Names
Cross References
Job 1:15
when the Sabeans swooped down, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword, - and escaped am, only I alone, too tell thee.
Job 1:17
Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
Isaiah 8:14-15
So shall he become a hallowed asylum, - But a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over unto both houses of Israel A trap and a snare to the dweller in Jerusalem;