Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth 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.
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, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out; 7 The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down; 8 For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;
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Cross References
Proverbs 4:12
When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
2 Samuel 15:31
And, unto David, it was told, saying, Ahithophel, is among the conspirators with Absolom. And David said, Turn to foolishness, I pray thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Yahweh.
2 Samuel 17:14
Then said Absolom and all the men of Israel, Better, is the counsel of Hushai the Archite, than the counsel of Ahithophel. Yahweh, indeed, had given charge to frustrate the wise counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring upon Absolom, ruin.
Job 5:12-13
Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;
Job 15:6
Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Job 20:22
When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.
Job 36:16
Yea he might even have allured thee - out of the mouth of straitness, into a wide space - no narrowness there, - and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.
Psalm 18:36
Thou didst widen my stepping-places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.
Psalm 33:10
Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.
Proverbs 1:30-32
Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
Hosea 10:6
Itself also, to Assyria, shall be borne along, as a present to a hostile king, - shame, shall Ephraim receive, that Israel, may 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 that taketh the wise in their knavery, -