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Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

Job 18:10

In 11 translations

BSB
A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
KJV
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.laid: Heb. hidden
WEB
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
ASV
A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
LSV
His cord is hidden in the earth, || And his trap on the path.
YLT
Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
DBY
A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
DRC
A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
GNV
A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.
JPS
A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
LXXE
His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

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Original-language editions

WLC
טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃
LXX-Br
Κέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ σύλληψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 12:13But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
  • Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
  • Romans 11:9And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

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