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For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall
"His own feet will lead him into a net." Bildad uses this image to say that the way that a wicked person lives his life leads him to sudden disaster. AT: "It will be as though he led himself into a net, as if he walked right into a pitfall" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a net
cords or ropes that people weave together to create a mesh. People used nets to catch animals.
a pitfall
a pit that has branches and leaves over it so that an animal will walk onto the branches and leaves and fall into the pit