Job 18:11

Job 18:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
• New International Version (NIV)Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.

Context of Job 18:11

9The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him; 10A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way. Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps. 12His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side. 13The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

Job 18:11 word by word

סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Terrorsבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091

Cross-references for Job 18:11

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Job 15:21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
• Job 20:25He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
• Psalms 73:19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
• Jeremiah 6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.
• Jeremiah 20:3And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
• Jeremiah 46:5Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror [is] on every side, saith Jehovah.
• Jeremiah 49:29Their tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have been manifested to God, and I hope also that we have been manifested in your consciences.
• Revelation 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
• Leviticus 26:36And as to those that remain of you — I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth;
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
• Psalms 53:5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put [them] to shame, for God hath despised them.
• Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Commentaries on Job 18:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Terrors shall make him afraid - He shall be constantly subject to alarms, and shall never feel secure. “Terrors here are represented as allegorical persons, like the Furies in the Greek poets.” Noyes. The idea here is substantially the same as that given by Eliphaz, Job 15:21-22. And shall drive him to his feet - Margin, scatter. This is a literal translation of the Hebrew. The idea is, that he will be alarmed by such terrors; his self-composure will be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13Bildad uses the biblical idea of revenge (consequences for doing wrong) in Job's case, as do Eliphaz and Zophar.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Terrors--often mentioned in this book (Job 18:14; 24:17; &c.). The terrors excited through an evil conscience are here personified. "Magor-missabib" (Jr 20:3). drive ... to his feet--rather, "shall pursue" (literally, "scatter," Ha 3:14) him close "at his heels" (literally, "immediately after his feet," Ha 3:5; 1Sa 25:42; Hebrew). The image is that of a pursuing conqueror who scatters the enemy [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:11

• Cowardice
• Fear of God
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Net
• Bildad

Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary