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A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.
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The Imagery of the Trap
Commentators explain that the verse uses the vivid imagery of a hunter's trap. The 'gin' and 'snare' were devices that would suddenly catch an animal by the foot, symbolizing how the wicked are unexpectedly and securely caught by destruction, with no easy escape.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The gin – Another method of capturing wild animals. It was a snare made to spring suddenly on an animal, securing it by the neck or…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The gin shall take [him] by the heel And hold him fast, so that he shall not be able to get away, especially out of …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
