Job 18:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ

Transliteration

kî-šullaḥ bərešet bəraglāyw wəʿal-śəḇāḵāh yithalāḵ

Grammar Details

• *kî-šullaḥ*: conjunction + Pual perfect, 3rd masculine singular - for he is cast
• *bərešet*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - into a net
• *bəraglāyw*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his feet
• *wəʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and upon
• *śəḇāḵāh*: noun, feminine singular - lattice/network
• *yithalāḵ*: Hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he walks about

Word Meanings

• *kî-šullaḥ*: for he is cast/sent/thrown
• *bərešet*: into a net/snare/trap
• *bəraglāyw*: by his feet/legs
• *wəʿal-śəḇāḵāh*: and upon a lattice/network/mesh
• *yithalāḵ*: he walks about/wanders/paces

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For his feet are cast into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For his fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shal walke in the snare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For his feete are taken as it were in the net, & he walketh vpon the snares.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:10 : 10 Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;
• Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
• Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
• Prov 29:6 : 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.
• Ezek 32:3 : 3 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread my net over you with a company of many people; and they shall bring you up in my net.
• 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
• Esth 3:9 : 9 If it pleases the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
• Esth 6:13 : 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
• Esth 7:5 : 5 Then King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so?
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.