Job 18:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.”
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“His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 18:7 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Kings 6:11For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
- Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- Job 20:22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
- Job 36:16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Proverbs 1:30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
- Proverbs 4:12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
- Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Proverbs 29:6An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Hosea 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
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