Parallel Verses
NET Bible
His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws 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.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
6 The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished. 7 His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. 8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
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Cross References
Proverbs 4:12
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
2 Samuel 15:31
Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!"
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel." Now the Lord had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.
Job 5:12-13
He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.
Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.
Job 36:16
And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
Psalm 18:36
You widen my path; my feet do not slip.
Psalm 33:10
The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.
Proverbs 1:30-32
they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
Hosea 10:6
Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness."