Job 18:7
The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
Job 5:12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
Job 20:22When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
Psalms 18:36And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
Proverbs 1:30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 11:5The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall 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 →