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Job 18:7
Job 18:7 is verse 7 of Job chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
King James Version
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
World English Bible
The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
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Job 18:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 20:22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Job 36:16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Proverbs 4:12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
Proverbs 1:30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Hosea 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”