A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.
The rest of Bildad's discourse is entirely taken up in an elegant description of the miserable condition of a wicked man, in which there is a great deal of certain truth, and which will be of excellent use if duly considered - that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that iniquity will be men's ruin if they do not repent of it.
Commenting on Job 18:5-10
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side,.... Make him a "Magormissabib", or "terror on every side", as Pashur was a terror to himself, Jer 20:3, and all his friends about him; these terrors may be either the terrors of the judges of the earth upon wicked men, who are, or should be, a terror to evildoers, and of whom wicked men are afraid, lest...
Job 18:8-11 8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, And he walketh over a snare. 9 The trap holdeth his heel fast, The noose bindeth him. 10 His snare lieth hidden in the earth, His nets upon the path; 11 Terrors affright him on every side, And scare him at every step.
Commenting on Job 18:8-11