Tree of Life Version
Job 18:8
8For he is cast into a net by his feet; 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.
- 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; the lamp above him goes out. 7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own scheme throws him down. For he is cast into a net by his feet; he wanders into its mesh. 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. 10A rope is hidden for him on the ground, and a trap for him lies on the 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 22:10“That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,
- Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let an edict be written to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out this business, to put it into the king’s treasuries.”
- Esther 6:13Haman recounted to his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom you have begun your downfall, is of Jewish descent, you won’t be able to stand against him. In fact, you will certainly fall before him!”
- Esther 7:5King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is the man that presumed to do this?”
- Psalms 9:15Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.
- Psalms 35:8Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
- Proverbs 29:6In an evil man’s wrongdoing is a trap, but the righteous sings and rejoices.
- Ezekiel 32:3Thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will throw My net over you with a host of many peoples. They will haul you up in My net.
- 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with those outside, so that he will not fall into disgrace and the devil’s trap.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Timothy 2:26Then they may regain their senses and escape the devil’s snare, in which they had 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
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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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