Job 18:9

A trap ¹  seizes him by the heel; a snare ²  grips him.

A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

"A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.

A trap grabs them by the heel. A noose tightens around them.

Their feet are grabbed and caught, their necks in a noose.

His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

A trap seizes them by the heel; a snare lays hold of them.

The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.

A trap ¹  seizes him by the heel; a snare ²  grips him.

¹ tn This word פָּח (pakh) specifically refers to the snare of the fowler – thus a bird trap. But its plural seems to refer to nets in general (see Job 22:10).

² tn This word does not occur elsewhere. But another word from the same root means “plait of hair,” and so this term has something to do with a net like a trellis or lattice.