Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
World English Bible Catholic
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 will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
9A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
Esther 7:5Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
Job 22:10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
Psalms 35:8Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
Proverbs 29:6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
1 Timothy 3:7Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the 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 →