Job 18:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.”
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BSBPD
“For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 18:8 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
- Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
- Esther 7:5Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 29:6An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Ezekiel 32:3This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
- 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Timothy 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
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