Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The steps of his strength shall be straightened, and his counsel shall cast him down.
New American Standard Bible
And his
King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Holman Bible
and his own schemes trip him up.
International Standard Version
His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up.
A Conservative Version
The steps of his strength shall be restricted, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
American Standard Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Amplified
“The vigorous stride will be shortened,
And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall.
Bible in Basic English
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
Darby Translation
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
King James 2000
The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{His strong steps} are shortened, and his [own] schemes throw him down,
Modern King James verseion
The steps of his strength shall be hampered, and his own plans shall throw him down.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His presumptuous goings shall be kept in, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
NET Bible
His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
New Heart English Bible
The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.
The Emphasized Bible
The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;
Webster
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
World English Bible
The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.
Youngs Literal Translation
Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:7
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Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
6 The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straightened, and his counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he was cast into a net by his feet, and he will go about upon latticework.
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Cross References
Proverbs 4:12
In thy going, thy steps shall not be pressed; and if thou shalt run thou shalt not be weak.
2 Samuel 15:31
And it was announced to David, saying, Ahithophel among those conspiring with Absalom. And David will say, Now make foolish the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.
2 Samuel 17:14
And Absalom will say, and every man of Israel, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is good above the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah commanded to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel so that Jehovah brought evil upon Absalom.
Job 5:12-13
Bringing to nought the purposes of the crafty, and their hand shall not do an undertaking.
Job 15:6
Thy mouth will condemn thee, and not I: and thy lips will testify against thee.
Job 20:22
In the fulness of his abundance it shall be pressed to him: every laboring hand shall come to him.
Job 36:16
And also he moved thee from the mouth of the enemy to a broad, not straight place; and thy table came. down full of fatness.
Psalm 18:36
Thou wilt make broad my steps under me and my joints did not waver.
Psalm 33:10
Jehovah made vain the counsel of the nations: he brought the purposes of the peoples to nought
Proverbs 1:30-32
They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs.
Hosea 10:6
Also it shall be brought to Assur a gift to king Jareb: Ephraim shall take shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written, He seizing the wise in their deceptions.