E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 18:8
walketh = walketh habitually. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 18:9
the gin = a gin. Authorized Version, 1611, reads "grin" = a snare. Same meaning, but now obsolete. the = a robber = noose. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 18:8
Job 18:8. For he is cast into a net— The metaphor is taken from a beast, which the hunters have driven into the toils. He runs here and there, striving to find a way out; but the net entangles him more and more, till at length it fastens upon him. Heath: who translates the last clause, he runneth to and fro in the toils; and he observes well, that, the word robber, in the next verse, having no relation to the preceding metaphor, it would be rendered more properly, and the noose fasteneth close... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 18:8
8. he walketh upon—rather, "he lets himself go into the net" [UMBREIT]. If the English Version be retained, then understand "snare" to be the pitfall, covered over with branches and earth, which when walked upon give way (Psalms 9:15; Psalms 35:8). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 18:9
9. robber—rather answering to "gin" in the parallel clause, "the noose shall hold him fast" [UMBREIT]. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 18:5-21
Bildad’s warning concerning the wicked 18:5-21Here are some of the things both Eliphaz and Bildad pointed out concerning the wicked.EliphazThe Wicked . . . BildadJob 15:22-23; Job 15:30experience darknessJob 18:5-6; Job 18:18Job 15:30 b, Job 15:32-33are like unhealthy plantsJob 18:16Job 15:30; Job 15:34are destroyed by fireJob 18:15Job 15:27-31lose their influenceJob 18:7; Job 18:15-16Job 15:21; Job 15:24are terrified by anguishJob 18:11; Job 18:14Job 15:34lose their homesJob 18:6; Job... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 18:1-21
Bildad’s Second SpeechBildad replies with a rebuke to Job and a reassertion of the miserable lot of the wicked already asserted by Eliphaz; not so much, however, with covert reference to Job, to whose case the description is largely unsuitable, as in answer to his impeachment of God’s moral government.1-4. Bildad protests against Job’s violent language.2. RV ’How long will ye lay snares for words’; i.e. hunt for arguments. Mark] RV ’consider (the matter).’3. Cp. Job 17:2, Job 17:4-5, Job... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 18:8
(8) He is cast into a net.—Job had compared himself to one hunted by the Almighty (Job 10:16), and Bildad here describes the evil man as snared in a net, but it is one for which he has no one to thank but himself. It is his own pit he falls into; the insinuation being that Job is likewise responsible for his calamities, which are the punishment of his sin. It is to be observed that in this and the following verses the speaker heaps together every word he can find descriptive of the art of... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 18:1-21
Bildad speaks (18:1-21)In an angry outburst, Bildad accuses Job of not answering their arguments directly and of looking for arguments on other matters instead. Job speaks to them as if they were stupid cattle, and speaks to God as if the Creator should change the world to suit Job (18:1-4).Then, with inexcusable heartlessness (in view of the recent calamities in Job’s household), Bildad further describes the punishment that justly falls on the wicked. In his house sorrow will replace happiness... read more