Job 18:7
His strong steps will be constrained, and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
In Context
6Light will become darkness in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished.
8For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.
Job 5:12He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
Job 20:22When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.
Proverbs 1:30they would not consent to my counsel, but they detracted from all of my corrections.
Proverbs 11:5The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:6-11
Miserable Condition of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground,… Read the whole commentary →