Job 18:8

In 11 translations

BSB

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

KJV

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

WEB

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

ASV

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

LSV

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, || And he habitually walks on a snare.

YLT

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

DBY

For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

DRC

For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

GNV

For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

JPS

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.

LXXE

His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.

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WLC

כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐμβέβληται δὲ ὁ ποῦς αὐτοῦ ἐν παγίδι, ἐν δικτύῳ ἑλιχθείη.

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• 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.
• Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.”
• 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.
• Proverbs 29:6An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
• 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…

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