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

9A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him. 10A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. 12His strength shall be hunger-bitten and calamity shall be ready for his halting. 13It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the firstborn of death shall devour his members.

Job 18:11 word by word

סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Terrorsבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091
• makeרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• everyסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Job 18:11

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
• Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him:
• Job 20:25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
• Psalms 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Jeremiah 6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, and terror on every side.
• Jeremiah 20:3And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
• Jeremiah 46:5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 49:29Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
• Revelation 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, 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 for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath 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 hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee; thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected 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