Job 18:10 meaning and explanation

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

Job 18:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Bildad the Shuhite is answering Job in the second cycle of speeches, insisting that suffering proves wickedness. Here he pictures the wicked man as a hunted animal: a noose (Hebrew pach, a snare or net) lies concealed in the ground, and a trap waits on the path he walks.

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