Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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.

Holman Bible

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

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 strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. 8 "For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! 9 The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.



Cross References

Job 22:10

That's why disaster surrounds you, terror suddenly overwhelms you,

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction come upon them unawares, and let the net that he hid catch him; let him fall into destruction.

Esther 3:9

If the king approves, let it be decreed that they're to be destroyed, and I'll measure out 10,000 silver talents and bring it to the king's treasury for those who will do the work."

Esther 6:13

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His wise friends and his wife Zeresh told him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is one of the Jewish people, you won't prevail against him. Instead, you will surely fall before him."

Esther 7:5

Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, "Who is this, and where is the person who would dare do this?"

Esther 7:10

The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.

Proverbs 5:22

The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is trapped by transgression, but the righteous person sings and rejoices.

Ezekiel 32:3

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm coming fishing for you! Right in the sight of many nations they'll haul you up in my dragnet.

1 Timothy 3:7

He must be well thought of by outsiders, so he doesn't fall into disgrace and the trap set for him by the Devil.

1 Timothy 6:9

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

2 Timothy 2:26

so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.

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