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Job 18:8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

KJV

Immisit enim in rete pedes suos, et in maculis ejus ambulat.

Vulgate

ἐμβέβληται δὲ ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν παγίδι· ἐν δικτύῳ ἑλιχθείη.

LXX

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

ASV

כִּֽי שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּ/רֶ֣שֶׁת בְּ/רַגְלָ֑י/ו וְ/עַל שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
ו
v
noun · 247×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֶ֣שֶׁת
rsht
noun · 22×
שְּׂבָכָ֣ה
shbkh
noun · 16×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u
  • Job 19:6 — Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
  • Job 22:10 — Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
  • Job 22:10 — Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
  • Prov 22:5 — Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
  • Ps 9:15 — The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
  • Ps 35:7 — For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
  • Ps 35:8 — Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.