A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
Cross References
Job 18:9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Treasury of Scripture
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
snare
Psalm 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Ezekiel 12:13
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
Romans 11:9
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
laid.