Job 22:10

10 Therefore thou art now (en)compassed with snares; and sudden(ly) dread troubleth thee. (And so now thou art surrounded with snares; and the unexpected maketh thee afraid/and suddenly thou art full of fear.)

Job 22:10 Meaning and Commentary

Job 22:10

Therefore snares [are] round about thee
Not what occasion sin, draw into it, and issue in it, as inward corruptions, the temptations of Satan, and the things of this world, but punishments; because of the above sins charged upon Job, therefore evils, calamities, and distresses of various kinds, came upon, him, beset him, and encompassed him all around, so that there was no way left for him to escape; it may refer to the Sabeans and Chaldeans seizing on his cattle, and carrying them away; to the fire that fell from heaven upon his sheep, and consumed them; to the great wind that blew down the house in which his children were, and destroyed them; and to the boils and ulcers that were all over his body:

and sudden fear troubleth thee;
those things, at least some of them, were what he feared, and they came suddenly upon him, and gave him great trouble and distress, ( Job 3:25 ) ( 4:5 ) ; and present fear frequently, on a sudden, darted into his mind, and gave him fresh trouble; he was afraid of his present sorrows, and of further and future ones, ( Job 9:28 ) ; and perhaps Eliphaz might think he was afraid of hell and damnation, and of sudden destruction from the Almighty coming upon him, ( Job 31:23 ) ; see ( Isaiah 24:17 Isaiah 24:18 ) .

Job 22:10 In-Context

8 In the strength of thine arm (By the strength of thy arm), thou haddest the land in possession; and thou, most mighty, heldest (onto) it.

9 Thou lettest go widows void, or unhelped (Thou lettest widows go away void, or without help); and all-brakest the shoulders of fatherless children.

10 Therefore thou art now (en)compassed with snares; and sudden(ly) dread troubleth thee. (And so now thou art surrounded with snares; and the unexpected maketh thee afraid/and suddenly thou art full of fear.)

11 And thou guessedest, that thou shouldest not see darknesses; and that thou shouldest not be oppressed with the fierceness of waters flowing. (And thou thinkedest, that thou shouldest not see darkness; and that thou shouldest not be oppressed with the fierceness of flowing waters.)

12 Whether thou thinkest, that God is higher than heaven, and is enhanced above the top of stars? (Thinkest thou, that God is not higher than the heavens, or that he is not exalted above the height of the stars?)