Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
- KJV Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
- NKJV Therefore snares are all around you, And sudden fear troubles you,
- NASB “Therefore traps surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,
- NLT That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz concludes that Job's alleged sins are why he is now surrounded by snares and sudden terror. He reads Job's suffering as deserved punishment.
Overview
Eliphaz ties his fabricated accusations to Job's present afflictions, asserting that the 'snares' and 'fear' prove Job's guilt. This is the heart of his flawed retribution theology. The reader knows Job's trials come not from guilt but from God's testing of a righteous man, a reality that exposes the inadequacy of Eliphaz's cause-and-effect reasoning.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
- Job 18:8–10For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Ps 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
- 1 Th 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Prov 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- Prov 3:25–26Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
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