Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Webster Bible
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 gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Cross References
Esther 3:9If it shall 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 to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Job 22:10Therefore snares are around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath 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 doth sing and rejoice.
1 Timothy 3:7Moreover, he must have a good report of them who 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 →