Job 18 · Verse 8

Job 18:8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Job 18:8, King James Version

Job 18:8 in other translations

BSBFor his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
WEBFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
ASVFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
YLTFor he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
DARBYFor he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
BBEHis feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
WebsterFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

What does Job 18:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. he walketh upon--rather, "he lets himself go into the net" [Umbreit]. If the English Version be retained, then understand "snare" to be the pitfall, covered over with branches and earth, which when walked upon give way (Psa 9:15; 35:8).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

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 18:8 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
שֻׁלַּ֣חshu.Lachhe is caughtH7971
בְּרֶ֣שֶׁתbe.Re.shetin a netH7568
בְּרַגְלָ֑יוbe.rag.Lavby feet hisH7272
וְעַל\־ve.'a.lS-and onH5921
שְׂ֝בָכָ֗הSe.va.Khaha networkH7639
יִתְהַלָּֽךְ\׃yit.ha.Lakhhe walks aboutH1980

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 18:8

  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Psalms 35:8

    Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Job 22:10

    Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

  • Esther 3:9

    If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

  • 1 Timothy 3:7

    Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  • Esther 6:13

    And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

  • Ezekiel 32:3

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  • Esther 7:5

    Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

  • 2 Timothy 2:26

    And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he is cast.
22:10; Es 3:9; 6:13; 7:5,10; Ps 9:15; 35:8; Pr 5:22; 29:6; Eze 32:3
1Ti 3:7; 6:9; 2Ti 2:26

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 18:9

    The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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Job 18:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque red será echada en sus pies, y sobre red andará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il est poussé dans le filet par ses propres pieds; et il marche sur les mailles du filet;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn durch seine eigenen Füße wird er ins Netz getrieben, und auf Fallgittern wird er einherwandeln.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Immisit enim in rete pedes suos, et in maculis ejus ambulat.