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Douay-Rheims Bible

Job 18:8

For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

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.
Good News Translation
They walk into a net, and their feet are caught;
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;
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 Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine? 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out. 7 The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong. 8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. 9 The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him. 10 A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the 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 pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:
Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of the herd, and milk of the sheep with the fat of lambs, and of the rams of the breed of Basan: and goats with the marrow of wheat, and might drink the purest blood of the grape.
Judges 5:25
He asked her water, and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.
Judges 13:15
And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.
Nehemiah 12:44
(12-43) They appointed also in that day men over the storehouses of the treasure, for the libations, and for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, that the rulers of the city might bring them in by them in honour of thanksgiving, for the priests and Levites: for Juda was joyful in the priests and Levites that assisted.
Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them.
Luke 17:8
And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper and gird thyself and serve me, whilst I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink?
Luke 24:30
And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them.
Luke 24:43
And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, he gave to them.
John 12:2
And they made him a supper there: and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him.

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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