Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 8. For he is cast into a net ] His own conduct will infallibly bring him to ruin. He shall be like a wild beast taken in a net; the more he flounces in order to extricate himself, the more he shall be entangled.
He walketh upon a snare. ] He is continually walking on the meshes of a net, by which he must soon be entangled and overthrown.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-10 - Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in whic there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do no repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to ran their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from important truths. The destruction of the wicked is foretold. Tha destruction is represented under the similitude of a beast or bir caught in a snare, or a malefactor taken into custody. Satan, as he wa a murderer, so he was a robber, from the beginning. He, the tempter lays snares for sinners wherever they go. If he makes them sinful lik himself, he will make them miserable like himself. Satan hunts for the precious life. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare for himself, and God is preparing for his destruction. See here how the sinner runs himself into the snare.
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