Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

New American Standard Bible

“His vigorous stride is shortened,
And his own scheme brings him down.

King James Version

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

Holman Bible

His powerful stride is shortened,
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.

World English Bible

The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צעד 
Tsa`ad 
step, pace, goings, go
Usage: 14

און 
'own 
Usage: 12

יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 8

Context Readings

Bildad's Second Speech

6 The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished. 7 Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel. 8 For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:12

In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

2 Samuel 15:31

and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- 'Better is the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

Job 5:12-13

Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

Job 15:6

Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

Job 20:22

In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

Job 36:16

And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

Psalm 18:36

Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

Psalm 33:10

Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

Proverbs 1:30-32

They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,

Hosea 10:6

Also it to Asshur is carried, a present to a warlike king, Shame doth Ephraim receive, And ashamed is Israel of its own counsel.

1 Corinthians 3:19

for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

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