The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XVIII. In this chapter Bildad makes a second assault upon Job. In his first discourse ( ch. viii. ) he had given him encouragement to hope that all should yet be well with him. But here there is not a word of that; he has grown…