Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
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Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
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Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
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Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
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Passages linked to Job 22:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
- Job 13:21 withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
- Job 18:8-10 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him. A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
- Job 19:6 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
- Psalms 11:6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- Proverbs 1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
- Proverbs 3:25-26 Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes; for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 22:10 Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and…
Job 22:10 Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Ver. 10. Therefore snares are round about thee] Flagitium et flagellum sunt sicut acus et filum, Sin and punishment are tied together with chains of adamant. Eliphaz having with more earnestness than truth set forth Job’s sins, now discourseth about his snares. Four punishments he assureth him of, and every one worse than the other. 1. He shall be ensnared; 2. Frightened; 3. Benighted; 4. Overwhelmed, if repentance step not in and take up the matter, as Job 22:22. And it is as if he should say, Seek not after any other cause of thy calamities than thy before mentioned wickedness; neither seek any other way to get off than by confessing and forsaking them, that thou mayest have mercy.
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And sudden fear troubleth thee] Fear is a troublesome passion; and sudden evils are very terrible, because they expectorate a man’s abilities, and render him helpless, shiftless, comfortless. See this in Saul, who, surprised with sudden horror at his destiny read him by the devil, fell straightway all along on the earth like an ox, and was sore afraid, and there was no strength in him, 1Sa 28:20. Job also had his fears, but then he had his cordials too, that kept him from falling under them.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For these and the like crimes. The cause of…
For these and the like crimes. The cause of thy ruin is not secret from God’s sovereign power, and unsearchable judgments, (as thou pretendest,) but plain and manifest, even thy own crying sins.
Snares are round about thee; thou art encompassed with dangers and calamities.
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Sudden fear: beside thy present miseries, thou art tormented with the dread and expectation of further and sorer judgments.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Or darkness, that thou canst not see,.... Or darkness…
Or darkness, that thou canst not see,.... Or darkness is round about thee, thou art enveloped in it; meaning either judicial blindness, and darkness, and stupidity of mind, which must be his case, if he could not see the hand of God upon him, or the snares that were about him, or was not troubled with sudden fear; or else the darkness of affliction and calamity, which is often signified hereby, see Isa 8:22; afflictive dispensations of Providence are sometimes so dark, that a man cannot see the cause and reason of them, or why it is he is brought into them; which was Job's case, and therefore desires God would show him wherefore he contended with him, Job 10:9; nor can he see, perceive, or enjoy any light of comfort; he is in inward darkness of soul, deprived of the light of God's countenance, as well as he is in the outward darkness of adversity, which is a most uncomfortable case, as it was this good man's; nor can he see any end of the affliction, or any way to escape out of it, and which were the present circumstances Job was in:
and abundance of waters cover thee; afflictions, which are frequently compared to many waters, and floods of them, because of the multitude of them, their force and strength, the power and rapidity with which they come; and because overflowing, overbearing, and overwhelming, and threaten with utter ruin and destruction, unless stopped by the mighty hand of God, who only can resist and restrain them; Eliphaz represents Job like a man drowning, overflowed with a flood of water, and covered with its waves, and in the most desperate condition, see Psa 69:1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Therefore snares] As thou hast dealt with…
Verse 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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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 22:10-11. Therefore snares are round about thee —…
Job 22:10-11. Therefore snares are round about thee — For these and the like crimes thou art encompassed with dangers and calamities. And sudden fear troubleth thee — Besides thy present miseries, thou art tormented with the dread of further and greater judgments. Or darkness, that thou canst not see — Such confusion and perplexity of mind that thou canst not discern the true cause and use of thy sufferings; or grievous calamities, often called darkness, which are such that thou canst see no way or possibility of escaping; and abundance of waters cover thee — That is, a variety of sore afflictions, frequently compared to waters.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Therefore snares are round about thee - “Snares” were…
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. It was to this, doubtless, that Eliphaz alluded.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain snares--alluding to Job's admission (Job 19:6; compare Job 18:10;…
snares--alluding to Job's admission (Job 19:6; compare Job 18:10; Pro 22:5).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10, 11. The consequence of this inhumanity and injustice…
10, 11. The consequence of this inhumanity and injustice is seen in the snares and terrors from God that surround Job.
11. This verse should probably be read,
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Or seest thou not the darkness,
And the floods of waters that cover thee?
i. e. dost thou not perceive the true meaning of the darkness and the overwhelming calamities that have come on thee? On the figures comp. ch. Job_18:18; Job_11:16; Job_27:20. See Job’s reply, ch. Job_23:16-17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10, 11) Snares . . . about thee.—That is,…
(10, 11) Snares . . . about thee.—That is, Fear troubleth thee, or darkness, &c. “If darkness and abundance of waters cover thee so that thou canst not see, is not God in the high heavens, though thou canst not see Him. God is too great to take note of the affairs of men, their sin or their good deeds. He is so far off that He cannot see what goes on in the earth, for His dwelling-place is in heaven.” Eliphaz attributes to Job the kind of sentiments that he had himself attributed to the wicked man in the last chapter, Job_22:14, &c.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Therefore snares are round about thee. As Bildad had…
Therefore snares are round about thee. As Bildad had threatened, (Job_18:8-10) and as Job himself had acknowledged. (Job_19:6) And sudden fear troubleth thee. (comp. Job_3:25 Job_7:14 Job_13:21, etc.)
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