KJV King James Version
The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
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Job 18:9
The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
WEB World English Bible
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
ASV American Standard Version
A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
Surrounding context — Job 18
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
10 The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.
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Job 1:17While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.Job 1:15And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.Isaiah 8:14-15And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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