Christian Standard Bible
Job 18:8
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.
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 in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out. 7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. 9A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him. 10A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path.
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כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 18:8
- Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies you,
- Esther 3:9If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to the officials for deposit in the royal treasury.”
- Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.”
- Esther 7:5King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
- Psalms 35:8Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it — to his ruin.
- Proverbs 5:22A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
- Proverbs 29:6An evil person is caught by sin, but the righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Ezekiel 32:3“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my net.
- 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the devil’s trap.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Timothy 2:26Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive 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
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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
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