Job 18:7
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Majority Standard Bible
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 in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Job 20:22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Proverbs 1:30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their 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 →