Job 18:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Their strong steps are shortened, and their own schemes throw them down.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel and the plans in which he trusted shall bring about his downfall.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

Common English Bible

⁷ Their strong strides slow down; their plans trip themselves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ His strong steps will be constrained, and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The step of his strength shall be straitened: and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

Job 18:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told that Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, “O Lord, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring ruin on Absalom.

2 Kings 6:11

The mind of the king of Aram was greatly perturbed because of this; he called his officers and said to them, “Now tell me: Who among us is betraying us to the king of Israel?”

Job 15:6

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

Job 20:22

In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.

Job 36:16

He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no constraint, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

Psalm 18:36

You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 4:12

When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.

Hosea 10:6

The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”