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The Book of Job, Chapter 18, Verse 9

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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
King James Version
The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
American Standard Version
A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.
New English Translation
A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.
World English Bible
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch 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.
13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.