Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.
Updated King James Version
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 shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
9The animal trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
Esther 7:5Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Job 22:10Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him at unexpectedly; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.
1 Timothy 3:7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall 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 →