Verse 8
Job 18:8
World English Bible, British Edition
8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he wanders into its mesh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּ/רֶ֣שֶׁת בְּ/רַגְלָ֑י/ו וְ/עַל שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ
English Translation
For he was sent into the net with his feet, and he will walk on the snare.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 18 Context
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
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“How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
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Why are we counted as animals,
which have become unclean in your sight?
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You who tear yourself in your anger,
will the earth be forsaken for you?
Or will the rock be removed...
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“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out.
The spark of his fire won’t shine.
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The light will be dark in his tent.
His lamp above him will be put out.
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The steps of his strength will be shortened.
His own counsel will cast him down.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he wanders into its mesh.
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A snare will take him by the heel.
A trap will catch him.
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10
A noose is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him on the path.
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Terrors will make him afraid on every side,
and will chase him at his heels.
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12
His strength will be famished.
Calamity will be ready at his side.
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The members of his body will be devoured.
The firstborn of death will devour his members.
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He will be rooted out of the security of his tent.
He will be brought to the king of terrors.
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There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his.
Sulphur will be scattered on his habitation.
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His roots will be dried up beneath.
His branch will be cut off above.
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17
His memory will perish from the earth.
He will have no name in the street.
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18
He will be driven from light into darkness,
and chased out of the world.
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19
He will have neither son nor grandson amongst his people,
nor any remaining where he lived.
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Those who come after will be astonished at his day,
as those who went before were frightened.
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Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.
This is the place of him who doesn’t know God (Elo...
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