Job 18:7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
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.' — For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Job 5:12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Psalms 18:36(18-37) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Proverbs 1:30They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked 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 →