King James Version

Job 18:10

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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טָמ֣וּןtamunhideטָמַןverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “hide”, a verb used as a describing wordH2934to hide (by covering over)hide, lay privily, in secret.בָּאָ֣רֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.חַבְל֑וֹchavlvocompanyחֶבֶלnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2256a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruinband, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹumalkudtvoand trapמַלְכֹּדֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and trap”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4434a snaretrap.עֲלֵ֣יaleaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נָתִֽיבnativpathנָתִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “path”, the ordinary formH5410a (beaten) trackpath(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

Young’s Literal Translation

Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

World English Bible

A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.

Darby Translation

A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

Douay-Rheims

A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ σύλληψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβον.