Job 18:8
6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
- KJV
- For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
- WEB
- For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
- ASV
- For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
- DARBY
- For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
- BLB
- For he is cast into a net by his feet, and into a mesh he walks.
- ÅB
- for han kommer inn i et garn med sine føtter, og han vandrer på et nett.
- OTB
- Hans føtter fører ham inn i et nett,
og han går inn i dets masker. - B1930
- for han kommer inn i et garn med sine føtter, og han vandrer på et nett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 9:15
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Read in contextPsalms 35:8
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
Read in contextJob 22:10
Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
Read in contextEsther 3:9
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
Read in context1 Timothy 3:7
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Read in contextEsther 6:13
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Read in contextEzekiel 32:3
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
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