Job 18:9

In 11 translations

BSB

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

KJV

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

WEB

A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

ASV

A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.

LSV

A trap seizes on the heel, || The designing prevails over him.

YLT

Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

DBY

The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

DRC

The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

GNV

The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

JPS

A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

LXXE

And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

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WLC

יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים׃

LXX-Br

Ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν παγίδες, κατισχύσει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν διψῶντας.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
• Isaiah 8:14–15And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare. Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they…
• Job 1:15the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
• Job 1:17While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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