Job 18 · Verse 7

Job 18:7

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Job 18:7, King James Version

Job 18:7 in other translations

BSBHis vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
WEBThe steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
ASVThe steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
YLTStraitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
DARBYThe steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
BBEThe steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
WebsterThe steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

What does Job 18:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. steps of his strength--Hebrew, for "His strong steps." A firm step marks health. To be straitened in steps is to be no longer able to move about at will (Pr 4:12). his own counsel--Plans shall be the means of his fall (Job 5:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 18:5-10

Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do not repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy, yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to rank their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from…

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Job 18:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יֵֽ֭צְרוּYe.tze.ruthey are restrictedH3334
צַעֲדֵ֣יtza.'a.Dei[the] steps ofH6806
אוֹנ֑וֹ'o.Novigor hisH202
וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּve.tash.li.Khe.huand it throws down himH7993
עֲצָתֽוֹ\׃a.tza.Toown plan[s] hisH6098

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Cross references for Job 18:7

  • Proverbs 4:12

    When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

  • Psalms 18:36

    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • Psalms 33:10

    The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

  • Job 20:22

    In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Proverbs 1:30-32

    They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • 2 Samuel 17:14

    And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

  • Job 15:6

    Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

  • Job 5:12-13

    He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

  • Hosea 10:6

    It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  • Job 36:16

    Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
steps.
20:22; 36:16; Ps 18:36; Pr 4:12
his own.
5:12,13; 2Sa 15:31; 17:14; Ps 33:10; Pr 1:30-32; Ho 10:6; 1Co 3:19

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Context

  • Job 18:6

    The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • Job 18:7

    The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Job 18:8

    For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

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Job 18:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los pasos de su pujanza serán acortados, y precipitarálo su mismo consejo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les pas de sa force seront resserrés, et son propre conseil le renversera:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Schritte seiner Kraft werden eingeengt werden, und sein Ratschlag wird ihn stürzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus, et præcipitabit eum consilium suum.