Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
In Context
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
9A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.'
Esther 7:5Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen: 'Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?'
Job 22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.
Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
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 →