Job 18:7
Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
Free Bible Version
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 in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
8Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the Israelite leaders said, “Hushai the Archite's advice is better than Ahithophel's.” For the Lord had decided to block Ahithophel's good advice in order that he might bring disaster on Absalom.
Job 5:12He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
Job 20:22Even when the wicked have all that they want they run into trouble; all kinds of misery will fall upon them.
Psalms 18:36You gave me space in which to walk, and prevented my feet from slipping.
Proverbs 1:30They're not willing to accept my advice; they despise all my warnings.
Proverbs 11:5The goodness of the innocent keeps them on track, but the wicked fall by their 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 →