Job 18:8
For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
In Context
7His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
9The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it be pleasing to the king, let [a decree] be written to destroy them; and ten thousand talents of silver will I weigh out into the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [the same] into the king's treasuries.
Esther 7:5Then spoke king Achashverosh and said unto Esther the queen, Who is this, and where is he, whose heart hath emboldened him to do so?
Job 22:10Therefore are snares round about thee, and sudden dread terrifieth thee.
Psalms 35:8May then destruction come upon each of them at unawares; and may his net that he hath hidden catch himself: in [utter] destruction let him fall therein.
Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of a man there is an evil snare: but the righteous ever singeth and rejoiceth.
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 →