Holy Scripture

Job 18:10

A church father on this verse
“His snare is buried in the earth, and his trap upon the way. His 'snare is buried in the earth,' when sin is hidden under earthly interests. For our enemy in executing his plots shews to the human mind something to long after in earthly gain, and hides the snare of sin, that it may bind his soul tight, so that he shou…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV

Source: Septuagint

Original

10His snare is hidden in the earth, And that which shall take him is by the path.

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In context

8His foot also has been caught in a snare, And let it be entangled in a net.

9And let snares come upon him: He shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

— Job 18:10 —

11Let pains destroy him round about, And let many enemies come about him,

12Vex him with distressing hunger: And a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

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