For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For he is cast into a net by his own feet - He is caught in his own tricks, as if he had spread a net or dug a pitfall for another, and had …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He is cast into a net. —Job had compared himself to one hunted by the Almighty (Job 10:16), and Bildad here d…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For he is cast into a net by his own feet
He goes into it of himself, incautious and imprudent; the counsels, scheme…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; where there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condit…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Since Bildad the Shuhite could not grasp what blessed Job meant, he assumed that what he himself did not understand was spoken without basis. At th…

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