Job 18:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:15 : 15 and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
  • Job 1:17 : 17 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
  • Job 5:5 : 5 The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.
  • Isa 8:14-15 : 14 He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble– to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem. 15 Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

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  • Job 18:10-12
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    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

    11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

    12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

  • Job 18:7-8
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    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Ps 10:8-10
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    8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

  • Ps 35:8
    74%

    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Prov 5:22
    74%

    22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

  • Eccl 10:8
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    8Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

  • Ps 141:9
    72%

    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

  • Ezek 19:8
    72%

    8The nations– the surrounding regions– attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

  • Hab 2:7
    72%

    7Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

  • Job 5:5
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    5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.

  • Prov 21:18
    71%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

  • Ps 109:11
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    11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

  • Job 5:13
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    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Job 20:16
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    16He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

  • Job 15:24
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    24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • Job 22:10
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    10That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

  • Prov 3:26
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    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

  • Job 40:24
    70%

    24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?

  • Prov 28:10
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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Isa 8:15
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    15Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

  • Job 33:11
    70%

    11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’

  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

  • Job 27:22
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    22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

  • Job 27:20
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    20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

  • Prov 1:17-18
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    70%

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

    18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

  • Jer 5:26
    70%

    26“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

  • Job 15:21
    70%

    21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 7:23
    70%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Ps 140:5
    70%

    5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)

  • Job 20:22
    70%

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.

  • Prov 6:5
    70%

    5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

  • Prov 29:5
    69%

    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • Luke 11:22
    69%

    22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

  • Isa 31:2
    69%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Prov 12:13
    69%

    13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Ps 49:5
    69%

    5Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?