the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Job 18:7
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His powerful stride is shortened,and his own schemes trip him up.
The steps of his strength shall be shortened, His own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down.
Their strong steps will grow weak; they will fall into their own evil traps.
His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
"The vigorous stride will be shortened, And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall.
"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own plan brings him down.
The steps of his strength shall be shortened, His own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
His vigorous stride is shortened,And his own counsel brings him down.
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Their powerful legs become weak, and they stumble on schemes of their own doing.
His vigorous stride is shortened, his own plans make him trip and fall.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
He shall be deserted in his illness, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Their steps were firm, but now they stumble; they fall—victims of their own advice.
"His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down,
the steps of his strength shall be hampered; and his own counsel shall throw him down.
His presumptuous goinges shal be kepte in, and his owne councell shal cast him downe.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
The steppes of his strength shalbe restrayned, and his owne counsaile shall cast him downe:
Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steppis of his vertu schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym doun.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.
The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
His strong steps are made short, and his own plans make him fall.
Their strong steps are shortened, and their own schemes throw them down.
The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;
The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
His strong steps are shortened and his own schemes throw him down.
Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
steps: Job 20:22, Job 36:16, Psalms 18:36, Proverbs 4:12
his own: Job 5:12, Job 5:13, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 17:14, Psalms 33:10, Proverbs 1:30-32, Hosea 10:6, 1 Corinthians 3:19
Reciprocal: Judges 4:17 - fled 2 Kings 6:11 - Therefore Proverbs 29:6 - the transgression
Cross-References
Sarah said, "I didn't laugh!" (She said this because she was afraid.) Then the Lord said, "No, I know that is not true. You did laugh!"
Then the men got up to leave. They looked toward Sodom and began walking in that direction. Abraham walked with them to send them on their way.
But Lot continued to ask them to come to his house, so they agreed and went with him. Lot gave them something to drink. He baked some bread for them, and they ate it.
But now you lie on ivory beds and stretch out on your couches. You eat tender young lambs from the flock and young calves from the stable.
"Some people have good, male animals that they could give as sacrifices, but don't. Some people bring good animals and promise to give those healthy animals to me. But then they secretly exchange those good animals and give me sick animals instead. Bad things will happen to those people. I am the Great King and people all around the world respect me!" This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.
"Then the king sent some more servants. He said to them, ‘I have already invited the people. So tell them that my feast is ready. I have killed my best bulls and calves to be eaten. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'
And bring our best calf and kill it so that we can celebrate with plenty to eat.
The boy said, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father killed the best calf to eat. He is happy because he has his son back safe and sound.'
But then this son of yours comes home after wasting your money on prostitutes, and you kill the best calf for him!'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The steps of his strength shall be straitened,.... As a man in health can take large and strong steps, and travel in the greatness of his strength; so in prosperity he can and does take large steps in obtaining fame and reputation among men, in amassing substance to himself, and towards settling his family in the world; he is like one in a large place, and walks at liberty, goes in and out at pleasure, and none can control him; he walks in pride, and with an high and lifted up head, and with contempt of others, and his will is his law, and he does as he pleases; but in adversity, as his strength is weakened in the way, he cannot take the strides he did, his way is hedged up with thorns, he is pressed on every side, and surrounded with troubles, so that, let him turn himself which way he will, he can find no way to escape:
and his own counsel shall cast him down; as Ahithophel's and Haman's did, which issued in their ruin, 2 Samuel 17:23; what wicked men sometimes plot and devise, with a view to their own good, and the injury of others, proves the destruction of themselves; when they have contrived to raise themselves upon the ruins of others, it has been the means of casting them down from the state and condition they were in, instead of raising to an higher, even down to desolation, and into the most miserable circumstances.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The steps of his strength - Strong steps. “Steps of strength” is a Hebraism, to denote firm or vigorous steps.
Shall be straitened - Shall be compressed, embarrassed, hindered. Instead of walking freely and at large, he shall be compressed and limited in his goings. “Large steps,” “free movement,” etc. are proverbial expressions among the Arabs, to denote freedom, prosperity, etc. RosenmulIer. Schultens quotes the following illustrations from the Arabic poets. From Ibn Doreid, “He who does not confine himself within human limits, his vast strides shall be straitened.” And from Taurizius,” After the battle of Bedrense, the steps were straitened.” The meaning here is, that he would be greatly impeded in his movements, instead of going forth at large and in full vigor as he had formerly done.
And his own counsel - His own plans shall be the means of his fall.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 18:7. The steps of his strength — Even in his greatest prosperity he shall be in straits and difficulties.
His own counsel — He shall be the dupe and the victim of his own airy, ambitious, and impious schemes.
