King James Version

Job 18:9

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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יֹאחֵ֣זyochezholdאָחַזverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hold”, an unfinished actionH270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).בְּעָקֵ֣בbeaqevin heelעָקֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in heel”, the ordinary formH6119a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120 (עָקֵב)), (foot-) step.פָּ֑חpachplateפַּחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “plate”, the ordinary formH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.יַחֲזֵ֖קyachazeqbe constantחָזַקverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be constant”, an unfinished actionH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] 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, maintai…עָלָ֣יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…צַמִּֽיםtsamimrobberצַמִּיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “robber”, the ordinary formH6782a noose (as fastening); figuratively, destructionrobber.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

World English Bible

A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν παγίδες, κατισχύσει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν διψῶντας.