New Living Translation
Job 22:10
10That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears.
Job 22:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
- New International Version (NIV)That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
- 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,
Context of Job 22:10
8You probably think the land belongs to the powerful and only the privileged have a right to it! 9You must have sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the hopes of orphans. That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears. 11That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and waves of water cover you. 12“God is so great—higher than the heavens, higher than the farthest 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 18:8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
- Job 19:6But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.
- Psalms 11:6He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
- Job 6:4For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. Their poison infects my spirit. God’s terrors are lined up against me.
- Job 13:21Remove your heavy hand from me, and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.
- Proverbs 1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
- Proverbs 3:25You need not be afraid of sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no 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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