Job 18:7
Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
In Context
6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
8For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom saith — and all the men of Israel — 'Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.
Job 5:12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
Psalms 18:36Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.
Proverbs 1:30They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
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 →