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Job 18:7 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 18:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 18 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.”
Job 18:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 18:7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down—Bildad describes the wicked's self-destruction using legal and martial language. Tsa'adei (צַעֲדֵי, 'steps') suggests both military march and life journey; ono (אוֹנוֹ, 'his strength') implies vigor and capability. The verb yetsar (יֵצַר, 'shall be straitened/confined') pictures space collapsing, options disappearing—life's possibilities shrinking to nothing.'Atzato (עֲצָתוֹ, 'his own counsel') throwing him down (tashlichehu, תַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ) invokes Proverbs' warnings that the wicked's schemes backfire (Prov...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 18:7
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“your steps will not be hampered. When you run”
“My feet have not slipped.”
“The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.”
“saying”
“and not I. Yes”
“He has taken the wise in their craftiness.{Job 5:13}”
“distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.”
“So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.”
“and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.”
“The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel”