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Good News Translation

Job 22:10

So now there are pitfalls all around you, and suddenly you are full of fear.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Poor;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Poor, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliphaz;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Snare;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Widow;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliphaz (2);   Job, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore snares surround you,and sudden dread terrifies you,
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
King James Version
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
English Standard Version
Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you,
New Century Version
That is why traps are all around you and sudden danger frightens you.
New English Translation
That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,
Amplified Bible
"Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore traps surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,
World English Bible
Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shal suddenly trouble thee:
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore snares surround you,And sudden dread terrifies you,
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
Contemporary English Version
That's why you were suddenly trapped by terror,
Complete Jewish Bible
"No wonder there are snares all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you,
Darby Translation
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Easy-to-Read Version
That is why traps are all around you, and sudden trouble makes you afraid.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear causes you to tremble;
Lexham English Bible
Therefore trapping nets are all around you, and panic suddenly terrifies you,
Literal Translation
On account of this snares are all around you, and suddenly dread troubles you;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore art thou compased aboute with snares on euery syde, & sodely vexed wt feare.
American Standard Version
Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
Bible in Basic English
For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
King James Version (1611)
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.
English Revised Version
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thou art cumpassid with snaris; and sodeyn drede disturblith thee.
Update Bible Version
Therefore snares are round about you, And sudden fear troubles you,
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
New King James Version
Therefore snares are all around you, And sudden fear troubles you,
New Living Translation
That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears.
New Life Bible
So traps are all around you, and much fear comes upon you all at once.
New Revised Standard
Therefore snares are around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore art thou surrounded with shares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you;
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,

Contextual Overview

5 No, it's because you have sinned so much; it's because of all the evil you do. 6 To make a brother repay you the money he owed, you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear. 7 You refused water to those who were tired, and refused to feed those who were hungry. 8 You used your power and your position to take over the whole land. 9 You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans. 10 So now there are pitfalls all around you, and suddenly you are full of fear. 11 It has grown so dark that you cannot see, and a flood overwhelms you. 12 Doesn't God live in the highest heavens and look down on the stars, even though they are high? 13 And yet you ask, "What does God know? He is hidden by clouds—how can he judge us?" 14 You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing, as he walks on the dome of the sky.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

snares: Job 18:8-10, Job 19:6, Psalms 11:6

sudden: Job 6:4, Job 13:21, Proverbs 1:27, Proverbs 3:25, Proverbs 3:26, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Reciprocal: Job 34:28 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 22:6
Abraham made Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he himself carried a knife and live coals for starting the fire. As they walked along together,
Genesis 22:12
"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."
Genesis 22:17
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
Genesis 22:19
Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
Genesis 22:21
Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 22:23
Rebecca's father. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore snares [are] round about thee,.... Not what occasion sin, draw into it, and issue in it, as inward corruptions, the temptations of Satan, and the things of this world, but punishments; because of the above sins charged upon Job, therefore evils, calamities, and distresses of various kinds, came upon, him, beset him, and encompassed him all around, so that there was no way left for him to escape; it may refer to the Sabeans and Chaldeans seizing on his cattle, and carrying them away; to the fire that fell from heaven upon his sheep, and consumed them; to the great wind that blew down the house in which his children were, and destroyed them; and to the boils and ulcers that were all over his body:

and sudden fear troubleth thee; those things, at least some of them, were what he feared, and they came suddenly upon him, and gave him great trouble and distress, Job 3:25; and present fear frequently, on a sudden, darted into his mind, and gave him fresh trouble; he was afraid of his present sorrows, and of further and future ones, Job 9:28; and perhaps Eliphaz might think he was afraid of hell and damnation, and of sudden destruction from the Almighty coming upon him,

Job 31:23; see Isaiah 24:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore snares are round about thee - “Snares” were used for catching wild animals and birds, and the word then came to denote any sudden calamity; see Job 18:8-10. Eliphaz here says, that it “must be” that these calamities came upon Job in consequence of such sins as he had specified. About that he took it for granted there could be no dispute.

And sudden fear - The calamities of Job came upon him suddenly Job 1:0. It was to this, doubtless, that Eliphaz alluded.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 22:10. Therefore snares — As thou hast dealt with others, so has God, in his retributive providence, dealt with thee. As thou hast spoiled, so art thou spoiled. Thou art taken in a net from which thou canst not escape. There is an allusion here to the hunting of the elephant: he is driven into an inclosure in the woods, passing from strait to strait, till brought into a narrow point, from which he cannot escape; and then his consternation is great, and his roaring terrible. God hath hunted thee down, as men hunt down those wild and dangerous beasts. See on Job 18:21


 
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