Job 18:8
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
In Context
7Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
9Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
Cross References
Esther 3:9if to the king [it be] good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring [it] in unto the treasuries of the king.'
Esther 7:5And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, 'Who [is] he — this one? and where [is] this one? — he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'
Job 22:10Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
Psalms 35:8Meet him doth desolation — he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.
Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of the evil [is] a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
1 Timothy 3:7and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a 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 →