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Job 18:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The gin
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
shall take
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
him by the heel
`aqeb (Hebrew #6119)
from 6117; a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
KJV usage: heel, (horse-)hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for 6120), (foot- )step.
Pronounce: aw-kabe'
Origin: or (feminine) hiqqbah {ik-keb-aw'}
, and the robber
tsammiym (Hebrew #6782)
a noose (as fastening); figuratively, destruction
KJV usage: robber.
Pronounce: tsam-meem'
Origin: from the same as 6777
shall prevail
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
against him.

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Gin,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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The gin.
Isa. 8:14‑15• 14And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken. (Isa. 8:14‑15)
robber.
Job 1:15,17• 15and they of Sheba fell upon them and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
 17While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee. (Job 1:15,17)
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Job 5:5• 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance. (Job 5:5)
• Repeating this with painful reiteration, Bildad assures Job of the certainty of the heel being caught in a trap, of a noose encircling him, as verse 9 has been rendered. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;