Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own 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.
Julia Smith Translation
The steps of his strength shall be straightened, and his 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.
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 shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out. 7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
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Cross References
Proverbs 4:12
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
2 Samuel 15:31
Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."
2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
Job 5:12-13
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
Job 36:16
Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
Psalm 18:36
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 33:10
Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Proverbs 1:30-32
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Hosea 10:6
It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."