Job 18:7
יֵֽצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
In Context
6אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ ׃
8כִּֽי ־ שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל ־ שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם וְכָל ־ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל טוֹבָה עֲצַת חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי מֵעֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל וַיהוָה צִוָּה לְהָפֵר אֶת ־ עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל הַטּוֹבָה לְבַעֲבוּר הָבִיא יְהוָה אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֶת ־ הָרָעָֽה ׃ ס
Job 5:12מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא ־ תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה ׃
Job 20:22בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל ־ יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ ׃
Psalms 18:36וַתִּתֶּן ־ לִי מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ וִֽימִינְךָ תִסְעָדֵנִי וְֽעַנְוַתְךָ תַרְבֵּֽנִי ׃
Proverbs 1:30לֹא ־ אָבוּ לַעֲצָתִי נָאֲצוּ כָּל ־ תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי ׃
Proverbs 11:5צִדְקַת תָּמִים תְּיַשֵּׁר דַּרְכּוֹ וּבְרִשְׁעָתוֹ יִפֹּל רָשָֽׁע ׃
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 →