Topic
Trap
6 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 23:13ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the…
- Jeremiah 5:26ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Job 18:10Nave General scriptures concerning
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
- Psalms 69:22ISBE
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Isaiah 42:22ISBE
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
- Romans 11:9ISBE
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
(moqesh; thera, literally, "hunting," used metaphorically in Psalms and Romans as "trap"): Any of the methods for taking birds; see SNARE; NET; GIN, etc. It is probable that a trap was more particularly a hole in the ground covered with twigs, concealed by leaves and baited with food. Such devices were common in taking the largest animals and may have been used with birds also. Trap is mentioned frequently in connection with snare and in such manner as to indicate that they were different devices: "Know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you" (Jos 23:13). Another such reference will be found in Ps 69:22:
"Let their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, let it become a trap."
This is quoted in Ro 11:9: "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
And a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them."
An instance where a trap alone is referred to can be found in Jer 5:26: "They set a trap, they catch men." Isa 42:22 uses this expression, "snared in holes." This might mean that a snare was placed in a hole, or that the hole was the snare to lure bird or animal to its death. The former proposition is sustained by Job, who says, "A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way" (18:10). This translation appears as if it were reversed and should read, "A trap is hid for him in the ground and a noose in the way."
Gene Stratton-Porter
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.