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Good News Translation

Job 18:8

They walk into a net, and their feet are caught;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Net;   Snare;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Righteous-Wicked;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Knowledge;   Perishing;   Snares;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feet, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bildad;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Checker Work;   Hunt;   Job, the Book of;   Pitfall;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Lamp;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Cast;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gin;   Hunting;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Poultry;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For his own feet lead him into a net,and he strays into its mesh.
Hebrew Names Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.
King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
English Standard Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
New Century Version
Their feet will be caught in a net when they walk into its web.
New English Translation
For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
Amplified Bible
"For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness), And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
New American Standard Bible
"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
World English Bible
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.
Legacy Standard Bible
For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,And he steps on the netting.
Berean Standard Bible
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
Contemporary English Version
Before they know it,
Complete Jewish Bible
For his own feet plunge him into a net, he wanders into its meshes.
Darby Translation
For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
Easy-to-Read Version
Their own feet lead them into a net. They fall into its hidden pit and are caught.
George Lamsa Translation
For he has stretched out his feet into the net, and lie walks upon a snare.
Lexham English Bible
for he is thrust into a net by his feet, and he walks into a pitfall.
Literal Translation
For he is sent into a net by his own feet; and he is walking on a snare;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For his fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shal walke in the snare.
American Standard Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
Bible in Basic English
His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
King James Version (1611)
For hee is cast into a net by his owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For his feete are taken [as it were] in the net, & he walketh vpon the snares.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.
English Revised Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he hath sent hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschis therof.
Update Bible Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks on the toils.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
New King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.
New Living Translation
The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
New Life Bible
For he is thrown down into a net by his own feet and walks on it.
New Revised Standard
For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
Revised Standard Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.
Young's Literal Translation
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.

Contextual Overview

5 The light of the wicked will still be put out; its flame will never burn again. 6 The lamp in their tents will be darkened. 7 Their steps were firm, but now they stumble; they fall—victims of their own advice. 8 They walk into a net, and their feet are caught; 9 a trap catches their heels and holds them. 10 On the ground a snare is hidden; a trap has been set in their path.

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

Genesis 19:3
He kept on urging them, and finally they went with him to his house. Lot ordered his servants to bake some bread and prepare a fine meal for the guests. When it was ready, they ate it.
Deuteronomy 32:14
Their cows and goats gave plenty of milk; they had the best sheep, goats, and cattle, the finest wheat, and the choicest wine.
Judges 5:25
Sisera asked for water, but she gave him milk; she brought him cream in a beautiful bowl.
Judges 13:15
Not knowing that it was the Lord 's angel, Manoah said to him, "Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you." But the angel said, "If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the Lord ."
Nehemiah 12:44
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Luke 12:37
How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, have them sit down, and will wait on them.
Luke 17:8
Of course not! Instead, you say to him, ‘Get my supper ready, then put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may have your meal.'
Luke 24:30
He sat down to eat with them, took the bread, and said the blessing; then he broke the bread and gave it to them.
Luke 24:43
which he took and ate in their presence.
John 12:2
They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus.

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.


 
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