Job 18:8
Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
In Context
7Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
9A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it please Your Majesty, issue a decree to destroy them, and I will personally contribute 10,000 silver talents to those who carry out the king's business to be placed in the royal treasury.”
Esther 7:5The king asked Queen Esther, demanding to know, “Who is this? Where is the man who has dared to do this?”
Job 22:10That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
Psalms 35:8Let disaster come on them suddenly; let the net they set catch them instead; let the pit they dug trap them instead.
Proverbs 29:6Evil people are trapped by their own sins, but those who do right sing and celebrate.
1 Timothy 3:7People outside the church should also speak well of him so that he won't disgrace himself and fall into the devil's trap.
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 →