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The Book of Job, Chapter 18, Verse 8

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7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
King James Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
American Standard Version
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
New English Translation
For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
World English Bible
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
9
The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
10
The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
12
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.
13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.