Job 18:7
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
BSB
ASV
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
KJV
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength - Strong steps. “Steps of strength” is a Hebraism, to denote firm or vigorous steps. Shall be straitened - Shall be compressed, embarrassed, hindered. Instead of walking freely and at large, he shall be compressed and limited in his goings. “Large steps,” “free movement,” etc. are proverbial expressions among the Arabs, to denote freedom, prosperity, etc. RosenmulIer. Schultens quotes the following illustrations from the Arabic poets.
In this he seems, all along, to have an eye to Job's complaints of the miserable condition he was in, that he was in the dark, bewildered, ensnared, terrified, and hastening out of the world. "This," says Bildad, "is the condition of a wicked man; and therefore thou art one." Second Address of Eliphaz.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
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Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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Proverbs 4:12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
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You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
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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!”
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Then 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…