Job 18:7

In 11 translations

BSB

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

KJV

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

WEB

The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

ASV

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

LSV

The steps of his strength are restricted, || And his own counsel casts him down.

YLT

Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

JPS

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

LXXE

Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.

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WLC

יֵֽ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אוֹנ֑וֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Θηρεύσαισαν ἐλάχιστοι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ· σφάλαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡ βουλή.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 4:12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
• 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.
• 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!”
• Job 36:16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
• 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.
• Proverbs 1:30–32They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency…
• 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.
• Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• Job 20:22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
• 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.”
• Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

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