Job 18:7
The steps of his vigor shall be shortened, 1 and his own etzah (counsel, scheme) shall cast him down. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 ohr shall be choshech in his ohel, 1 and his ner (lamp) above him is extinguished. 1
8For he is cast into a reshet by his own raglayim, 1 and he walketh into a pitfall. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14And Avshalom and kol Ish Yisroel said, The etza (counsel) of Chushai the Arki is better than the etza of Achitophel. For Hashem had resolved to annul the etza of Achitophel, to the intent that Hashem might bring ra'ah upon Avshalom.
Job 5:12Thwarting the machshevot of the arumim (crafty ones), 1 so that their hands cannot accomplish tushiyyah (success). 1
Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; 1 kol yad of misery shall come upon him. 1
Psalms 18:36Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy salvation; 1 and Thy right hand hath held me up, 1 and Thy lowliness hath made me great. 1
Proverbs 1:30They would have none of my etza (counsel); 1 they despised all my tokhechah (reproof). 1
Proverbs 11:5The tzidkat tamim (righteousness of the blameless) shall make his derech straight, 1 but the rasha shall fall by his own evil. 1
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 →