“If it pleases the king, I have a suggestion: Give a command to destroy those people. And I will put 10,000 silver coins into the king’s treasury. That money could be used to pay the men that do these things.”
Job 18:8 - Easy To Read Version His own feet will lead him into a trap.\par He will walk into a trap and be caught.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon a snare. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the wicked is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a lattice-covered pit. American Standard Version (1901) For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. Common English Bible They are caught by their feet in a net; they walk on mesh. Catholic Public Domain Version For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. |
“If it pleases the king, I have a suggestion: Give a command to destroy those people. And I will put 10,000 silver coins into the king’s treasury. That money could be used to pay the men that do these things.”
Then Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Haman’s wife and the men that gave him advice said, “If Mordecai is a Jew, then you can’t win. You have already started to fall. Surely you will be ruined!”
So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.
Then King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who did this to you? Where is the man that dared to do such a thing to your people?”
But it is God who did wrong to me.\par He set his trap to catch me.\par
That is why traps are all around you,\par and sudden trouble makes you afraid.\par
Hungry people ate all his crops.\par Those hungry people took even\par the grain growing among the thorns.\par Greedy people took all they had.\par
So, Lord, let them fall into their own traps.\par Let them stumble into their own nets.\par Let some unknown danger catch them.\par
Those people from other nations\par dug holes to trap other people.\par But they fell into their own traps.\par Those people hid nets to trap other people.\par But they were caught in those nets.\par
Evil people are defeated by their own sin. But a good person can sing and be happy.
The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.
\{I see danger for the people living\par in this land.\par I see\} fear, holes, and traps for them.\par
People will hear about danger\par and they will be scared.\par Some of the people will run away.\par But they will fall into holes\par and be trapped.\par Some of those people\par will climb out of the holes,\par but they will be caught in another trap.”\par The flood gates in the sky above will open,\par \{and the floods will begin\}.\par The foundations of the earth will shake.\par
An elder must also have the respect of people who are not in the church. Then he will not be criticized by other people and be caught in the devil’s trap.
People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.
The devil has trapped those people and makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up \{and see that the devil is using them\} and free themselves from the devil’s trap.