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11. Terrors--often mentioned in this book
(Job 18:14; 24:17;
&c.). The terrors excited through an evil conscience are here
personified. "Magor-missabib"
(Jer 20:3).
drive . . . to his feet--rather, "shall pursue"
(literally, "scatter,"
Hab 3:14)
him close "at his heels" (literally, "immediately after his feet,"
Hab 3:5;
1Sa 25:42;
Hebrew). The image is that of a pursuing conqueror who scatters
the enemy [UMBREIT].
JFB.
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