Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.

New American Standard Bible

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.

King James Version

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

International Standard Version

"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

A Conservative Version

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon the toils.

American Standard Version

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

Amplified


“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].

Bible in Basic English

His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

Darby Translation

For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

Julia Smith Translation

For he was cast into a net by his feet, and he will go about upon latticework.

King James 2000

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for he is thrust into a net by his feet, and he walks into a pitfall.

Modern King James verseion

For he is thrown into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a net.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For his feet shall be taken in the net, and he is at his wits end.

NET Bible

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

New Heart English Bible

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

The Emphasized Bible

For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

Webster

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

World English Bible

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

Youngs Literal Translation

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For he is cast
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

into a net
רשׁת 
Resheth 
Usage: 22

by his own feet
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

and he walketh
הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Bildad's Second Speech

7 His powerful stride is shortened,
and his own schemes trip him up.
8 For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.
9 A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.



Cross References

Job 22:10

Therefore snares surround you,
and sudden dread terrifies you,

Psalm 9:15

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

Psalm 35:8

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly,
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.

Esther 3:9

If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to the accountants for deposit in the royal treasury.”

Esther 6:13

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.”

Esther 7:5

King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

Esther 7:10

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

Proverbs 5:22

A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

Ezekiel 32:3

This is what the Lord God says:

I will spread My net over you
with an assembly of many peoples,
and they will haul you up in My net.

1 Timothy 3:7

Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the Devil’s trap.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

2 Timothy 2:26

Then they may come to their senses and escape the Devil’s trap, having been captured by him to do his will.

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