New International Version
Job 22:10
10That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
Job 22:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore snares are all around you, And sudden fear troubles you,
- New Living Translation (NLT)That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears.
Context of Job 22:10
8though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it. 9And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless. That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you, 11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. 12“Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!
Read all of Job 22Job 22:10 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:10
- Job 18:8His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
- Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
- Psalms 11:6On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
- Job 6:4The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
- Job 13:21Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.
- Proverbs 1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
- Proverbs 3:25Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Commentaries on Job 22:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Therefore 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Therefore 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. It was to this, doubtless, that Eliphaz…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. snares--alluding to Job's admission (Job 19:6; compare Job 18:10; Pr 22:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 22
- 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
- EGW Writings
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