Job 18:7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
In Context
6The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
8For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
Job 5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
Psalms 18:36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
Proverbs 1:30they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
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 →