Job 18:7 · KJV
“The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.”
— Job 18:7
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. {candle: or, lamp}
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Job 18 — Context
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. {candle: or, lamp}
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9The gin shall take {him} by the heel, {and} the robber shall prevail against him.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Psalms 18:36
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. {my feet: Heb. mine ankles}
Psalms 33:10
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}
Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Hosea 10:6
It shall be also carried unto Assyria {for} a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
2 Samuel 17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite {is} better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. {appointed: Heb. commanded}
Job 36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait {into} a broad place, where {there is} no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table {should be} full of fatness. {that...: Heb. the rest of thy table}
Job 20:22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. {wicked: or, troublesome}