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Job 18:8
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For his own feet lead him into a net,and he strays into its mesh.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
Their feet will be caught in a net when they walk into its web.
For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
"For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness), And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.
For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.
For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,And he steps on the netting.
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
Before they know it,
For his own feet plunge him into a net, he wanders into its meshes.
For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
Their own feet lead them into a net. They fall into its hidden pit and are caught.
For he has stretched out his feet into the net, and lie walks upon a snare.
They walk into a net, and their feet are caught;
for he is thrust into a net by his feet, and he walks into a pitfall.
For he is sent into a net by his own feet; and he is walking on a snare;
For his fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shal walke in the snare.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
For hee is cast into a net by his owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare.
His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
For he hath sent hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschis therof.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks on the toils.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.
The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
For he is thrown down into a net by his own feet and walks on it.
For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;
For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he is cast: Job 22:10, Esther 3:9, Esther 6:13, Esther 7:5, Esther 7:10, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 35:8, Proverbs 5:22, Proverbs 29:6, Ezekiel 32:3, 1 Timothy 3:7, 1 Timothy 6:9, 2 Timothy 2:26
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:9 - taken up Job 19:6 - compassed Psalms 35:7 - hid Proverbs 4:12 - thou goest Proverbs 22:5 - Thorns Ecclesiastes 9:12 - the sons Isaiah 24:18 - he who fleeth Lamentations 1:13 - he hath spread
Cross-References
And he preassed vpon them exceedinglye: and they returnyng in vnto hym, entred into his house, & he made them a feast, and did bake vnleuened bread, and they did eate.
With butter of kine, and mylke of the sheepe, with fat of the lambes, and fat of rammes and hee goates, with the fat of the most plenteous wheate, and that thou myghtest drynke the most pure blood of the grape.
He asked water, and she gaue him mylke, she brought foorth butter in a lordly dysshe.
Manoah sayde vuto the angell of the Lorde: I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee.
At the same time were the men appoynted ouer the treasure houses, wherin were the heaue offeringes, the firstlinges, and the tythes, that they shoulde gather them out of the fieldes about the cities, to distribute them vnto the priestes and Leuites according to the lawe: for Iuda was glad of the priestes and Leuites that serued.
Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.
And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?
And it came to passe, as he sate at meate with them, he toke bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gaue to them.
And he toke it, and dyd eate before them.
There they made hym a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with hym.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,.... He goes into it of himself, incautious and imprudent; the counsels, schemes, and methods he takes to hurt others, issue in his own ruin; the pit he digs for them, he falls and sinks into himself; and the net which he has spread and hid for others, in it is his own foot taken; and the ways and means he takes to do himself good, to amass riches and advance his family, being illicit ones, prove snares and nets unto him, those leading him into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which bring him to perdition, Psalms 9:15; even the various sins and transgressions he commits are snares unto him, by which he is enticed and drawn in: for in "the transgression of an evil man there is a snare", Proverbs 29:6; these promise him peace, and pleasure, and liberty, but give neither; they are nets in which he is entangled, and cords by which he is held, Psalms 9:15; into which his own feet carry him: some render it, "he goes with a net at his feet" n, or with his feet in a net; he cannot go where he would, or do as he pleases; he is restrained by the providence of God; as the devils are held in chains, so the feet of wicked men are entangled in a net, that they cannot move and act as they are desirous of:
and he walketh upon a snare: laid for him, and hidden to him, and therefore walks on boldly and unconcerned, not being apprehensive of any danger, though greatly exposed to it; he walks on as on firm and good ground, and in a broad road, but destruction and misery are in his ways; yet he walks on of himself willingly, and with all his strength, pleasing himself in the path he treads, not dreaming of the mischief that awaits him; or "upon a thicket" o of thorns and briers, his sins and iniquities with which he is entangled, and out of which he cannot extricate himself, or afflictive providences with which his way is hedged up; though the former sense seems best; Mr. Broughton renders it, "a platted gin".
n כי שלח ברשת ברגליו "nam it cum reti in pedibus suis", Cocceius. o על שבכה "in perplexo", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For 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 Psalms 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 others, but he goes himself into the net. Wild animals are sometimes driven, but he walks along of his own accord into the net, and has no one to blame but himself.
And he walketh upon a snare - Or a pitfall. This was formerly the mode of taking wild beasts. It was done by excavating a place in the earth, and covering it over with turf, leaves, etc. supported in a slender manner; so that the lion, or elephant or tiger that should tread on it, would fall through. These methods of taking wild beasts have been practiced from the earliest times, and are practiced everywhere.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 18:8. For 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.
