Job 18:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:14

And 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, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Kings 6:11

And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

Job 15:6

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Job 20:22

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him

Job 36:16

Yea, he would have led thee away out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Psalm 18:36

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 4:12

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Hosea 10:6

It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: