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 shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out. 7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes; 9The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him; 10A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

Job 18:8 word by word

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

• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272

Cross-references for Job 18:8

• Job 22:10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
• Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries.
• Esther 6:13And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly fall before him.
• Esther 7:5And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?
• Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
• Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Proverbs 29:6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
• Ezekiel 32:3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
• 1 Timothy 3:7But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
• 2 Timothy 2:26and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, [who are] taken by him, for 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