New International Version
Job 18:8
8His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
Context of Job 18:8
6The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. 7The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh. 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. 10A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:8 word by word
כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:8
- Job 22:10That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
- Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”
- Esther 6:13and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him—you will surely come to ruin!”
- Esther 7:5King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 35:8may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
- Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
- Proverbs 29:6Evildoers are snared by their own sin, but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.
- Ezekiel 32:3“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘With a great throng of people I will cast my net over you, and they will haul you up in my net.
- 1 Timothy 3:7He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and that they will come to their senses and escape from 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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