Job 18:8 · KJV
“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.”
— Job 18:8
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The gin shall take {him} by the heel, {and} the robber shall prevail against him.
Job 18 — Context
The 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.
10The snare {is} laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. {laid: Heb. hidden}
Cross References
Psalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. {at...: Heb. which he knoweth not of}
Job 22:10
Therefore snares {are} round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Ezekiel 32:3
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Esther 7:5
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? {that...: Heb. whose heart hath filled him}
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}
1 Timothy 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and {into} many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.