Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh. New Living Translation The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit. English Standard Version For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. Berean Standard Bible For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. King James Bible 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 American Standard Bible “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. NASB 1995 “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. NASB 1977 “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. Legacy Standard Bible For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the netting. 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]. Christian Standard Bible For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. Holman Christian Standard Bible For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. American Standard Version For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because he stretched his feet into a snare and he has walked upon a net Brenton Septuagint Translation His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net. Contemporary English Version Before they know it, Douay-Rheims Bible For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. English Revised Version For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils. GOD'S WORD® Translation His own feet get him tangled in a net as he walks around on its webbing. Good News Translation They walk into a net, and their feet are caught; International Standard Version "For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! JPS Tanakh 1917 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. Literal Standard Version For he is sent into a net by his own feet, | And he habitually walks on a snare. Majority Standard Bible For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. New American Bible A net catches him by the feet, he wanders into a pitfall. NET Bible For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh. New Revised Standard Version For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall. New Heart English Bible For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. Webster's Bible Translation For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. World English Bible For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. Young's Literal Translation For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked…7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. 8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. 9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.… Cross References Job 5:5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. Job 18:9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. Job 22:10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you; Psalm 9:15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. Psalm 35:8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created. Isaiah 24:17 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. Treasury of Scripture For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a snare. he is cast 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. 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. Jump to Previous Cast Cords Feet Goes Habitually Net Pitfall Snare Steps Thrown Thrust Toils Walk Walketh Walking Walks WandersJump to Next Cast Cords Feet Goes Habitually Net Pitfall Snare Steps Thrown Thrust Toils Walk Walketh Walking Walks WandersJob 18 1. Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience5. The calamities of the wicked (8) He is cast into a net.--Job had compared himself to one hunted by the Almighty (Job 10:16), and Bildad here describes the evil man as snared in a net, but it is one for which he has no one to thank but himself. It is his own pit he falls into; the insinuation being that Job is likewise responsible for his calamities, which are the punishment of his sin. It is to be observed that in this and the following verses the speaker heaps together every word he can find descriptive of the art of snaring.Verse 8. - For he is cast into a net by his own feet. He walks of his own accord into a snare, not necessarily into one that he has himself set for others, as in Psalm 7:15; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 57:6; and Proverbs 26:27; but either into one of his own setting, or into one laid for him by others (see ver. 10). And he walketh upon a snare. A mere repetition of the idea expressed in the preceding hemistich. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction his own feet בְּרַגְלָ֑יו (bə·raḡ·lāw) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda lead שֻׁלַּ֣ח (šul·laḥ) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out him into a net, בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת (bə·re·šeṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7568: A net and he wanders יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ (yiṯ·hal·lāḵ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk into וְעַל־ (wə·‘a·lś-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against its mesh. שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה (ḇā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7639: A net-work, a snare, a ballustrade, a reticulated ornament to a, pillar Links Job 18:8 NIVJob 18:8 NLT Job 18:8 ESV Job 18:8 NASB Job 18:8 KJV Job 18:8 BibleApps.com Job 18:8 Biblia Paralela Job 18:8 Chinese Bible Job 18:8 French Bible Job 18:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net (Jb) |