Job 18:9
“The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The snare is laid for him in the ground,.... Or "hidden" (r) there; for, as Solomon says, "in vain the net is spread in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The gin - Another method of taking wild beasts. It was a snare so made as to spring suddenly on an animal, securing him…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 18:5-10
The rest of Bildad's discourse is entirely taken up in an elegant description of the miserable condition of a wicked…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the robber shall prevail Rather, the trap layeth hold of him, as all the verbs in this passage should be put in the…