Job 18:8
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, || And he habitually walks on a snare.
Literal Standard 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
7The steps of his strength are restricted, || And his own counsel casts him down.
9A trap seizes on the heel, || The designing prevails over him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9if to the king [it be] good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring [it] into the treasuries of the king.”
Esther 7:5And King Ahasuerus says, indeed, he says to Esther the queen, “Who [is] he—this one? And where [is] this one whose heart has filled him to do so?”
Job 22:10Therefore snares [are] all around you, || And sudden fear troubles you.
Psalms 35:8Desolation meets him—he does not know, || And his net that he hid catches him, || He falls into it for desolation.
Proverbs 29:6A snare [is] in the transgression of the evil, || And the righteous sing and rejoice.
1 Timothy 3:7and it is required of him also to have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.
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 →