Job 18:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתוֹ

Transliteration

yēṣərû ṣaʿăḏê ʾônô wətašlîḵēhû ʿăṣātô

Grammar Details

• *yēṣərû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be restricted
• *ṣaʿăḏê*: noun, masculine plural construct - steps of
• *ʾônô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his strength
• *wətašlîḵēhû*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and it will cast him down
• *ʿăṣātô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his counsel

Word Meanings

• *yēṣərû*: they will be restricted/narrowed/confined
• *ṣaʿăḏê*: steps/strides
• *ʾônô*: his strength/vigor/power
• *wətašlîḵēhû*: and it will cast him down/throw him
• *ʿăṣātô*: his counsel/advice/plan

Referenced Verses

• Prov 4:12 : 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
• Ps 18:36 : 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
• Ps 33:10 : 10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
• Prov 1:30-32 : 30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
• Hos 10:6 : 6 It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
• 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
• 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
• Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
• Job 15:6 : 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
• Job 20:22 : 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
• Job 36:16 : 16 Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.