Job 18:8
For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
9The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it please the King, let it be written that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this businesse to bring it into the Kings treasurie.
Esther 7:5Then King Ahashuerosh answered, and said vnto the Queene Ester, Who is he? and where is he that presumeth to doe thus?
Job 22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
Psalms 35:8Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.
Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.
1 Timothy 3:7He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
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 →