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Job 18:8 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Job 18:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 18 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.”
Job 18:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 18:8
'For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.' Bildad describes the wicked's self-destruction: 'cast into a net' (בְּרֶשֶׁת, bereshet) by his 'own feet' (בְּרַגְלָיו, beragleyv), walking into 'snare' (שְׂבָכָה, sevakhah). The imagery: the wicked trap themselves. This reflects Proverbs 5:22, 11:5—sin's consequences are self-inflicted. The theology is sound: sin has natural consequences. Applied to Job, it's cruel—suggesting Job's suffering is self-inflicted punishment. This blames victims, assuming all calamity results from personal moral failure. Jesus explicitly rej...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 18:8
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“their own foot is taken.”
“Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.”
“If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
“let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king's business”
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself”
“but the righteous can sing and be glad.”
“having been taken captive by him to his will.”
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.”
“Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”