Job 18:7
His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
Leeser Tanakh
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 becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
8For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.
Job 5:12[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
Job 20:22In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of [those he] troubled will come against him.
Psalms 18:36(18:37) Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.
Proverbs 1:30[That] they would not attend to my counsel: [that] they rejected all my admonition.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked fall.
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 →