“The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.”
"A rope is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way." Hidden snares surround the wicked person. He walks on paths that conceal danger. The verse suggests that the wicked person is systematically set up for failure; the universe itself is arranged to trap him.
Church Fathers on Job 18:10
In a former part of this work we have handled the point, that Almighty God, in order to amend the hearts of those under the law, brought forward the life of blessed Job for a testimony, who knew not the law and yet kept it, who observed the precepts of life, which he had not received in writing. This man’s conduct is first extolled by God’s bearing witness to it, and is afterwards suffered to be put to the proof by the devil’s plotting against it, that he might prove by the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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