Job 18:7
For many years they walked confidently, but later in life it was as though they stumbled and fell, because they themselves did not heed the advice that they gave to others.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
In Context
8It was as though they walked into their own net or fell into a pit that they themselves have dug.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the other Israeli men who were with him said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, they would have been able to defeat/kill David. But as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested, Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
Job 5:12He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
Job 20:22When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. ◄Misery will strike them and crush them [PRS]/They will suffer very greatly►.
Psalms 18:36You have cleared the road for me, with the result that now I do not slip/stumble.
Proverbs 1:30They would not accept my advice, and they did not pay attention when I tried to correct them.
Proverbs 11:5When people are honest and good, that will ◄direct their paths/show them what is right for them to do►; but wicked people will experience disasters because of the evil things that they do.
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 →