Bible Commentaries
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker
Job 18
The Second Speech of Bildad
Psalm 91:3, Psalm 124:7; Hosea 9:8 : and of the "net," Proverbs 1:17; Hosea 7:2 : "of the fowler" or snarer. In Hosea 5:1, both net and snare are mentioned together. The mokçsh is used synonymously with pach, Amos 3:5. This was employed for taking either beasts or birds. It was a trap set in the path, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 22:5; or hidden on or in the ground Psalm 140:6, Psalm 143:4. The form of this springe or trap net, appears from two passages— Amos 3:5, and Psalm 69:23. It was in two parts, which, when set, were spread out upon the ground, and slightly fastened with a stick (trap-stick), so that as soon as a bird or beast touched the stick, the parts flew up and inclosed the bird in the net, or caught the foot of the animal. Thus Amos 3:5, "Doth a bird fall into a snare upon the ground, when there is no trap-stick for her? doth the snare spring from the ground and take nothing at all? i.e, does anything happen without a cause?"—Kitto's Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature,
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