Job 18:8

Job 18:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
• New International Version (NIV)His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

Context of Job 18:8

6The light will be dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him will be put out. 7The vigorous stride will be shortened, And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall. For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness), And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit]. 9A snare catches him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. 10A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him on the path.

Job 18:8 word by word

כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For he is castשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• into a netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• by his own feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and he walkethהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• upon a snareשְׂבָכָהώebâkâh · latticeworkH7639

Cross-references for Job 18:8

• Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;
• Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”
• Esther 6:13Then Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise counselors and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall in status, is of Jewish heritage, you will not overcome him, but will certainly fall before him.”
• Esther 7:5Then King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who dares to do such a thing?”
• Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
• Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise; Let the net he hid for me catch him; Into that very destruction let him fall.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
• Proverbs 29:6By his wicked plan an evil man is trapped, But the righteous man sings and rejoices [for his plan brings good things to him].
• Ezekiel 32:3Thus says the Lord God, “I will spread out My net over you With a company of many nations, And they will bring you up in My net.
• 1 Timothy 3:7And he must have a good reputation and be well thought of by those outside the church, so that he will not be discredited and fall into the devil’s trap.
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
• 2 Timothy 2:26and that they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Commentaries on Job 18:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8For he is cast into a net - His own conduct will infallibly bring him to ruin. He shall be like a wild beast taken in a net; the more he flounces in order to extricate himself, the more he shall be entangled. He walketh upon a snare - He is continually walking on the meshes of a net, by which he must soon be entangled and overthrown.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet - He is caught in his own tricks, as if he had spread a net or dug a pitfall for another, and had fallen into it himself. The meaning is, that he would bring ruin upon himself while he was plotting the rain of others; see Psalm 9:16, “The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands;” compare the note at Job 5:13. The phrase “by his own feet” here means, that he walks there himself. He is not led or driven by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do not repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy, yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to rank their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from important truths. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10A series of devices for hunting shows the biblical principle of revenge (see study note on 34:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. he walketh upon--rather, "he lets himself go into the net" [Umbreit]. If the English Version be retained, then understand "snare" to be the pitfall, covered over with branches and earth, which when walked upon give way (Psa 9:15; 35:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:8

• Net
• Snare
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Net
• Bildad
• Gin
• Hunting

Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary