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Job 18

Job 18:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The steps
tsa`ad (Hebrew #6806)
a pace or regular step
KJV usage: pace, step.
Pronounce: tsah'-ad
Origin: from 6804
of his strength
'own (Hebrew #202)
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
KJV usage: force, goods, might, strength, substance.
Pronounce: one
Origin: probably from the same as 205 (in the sense of effort, but successful)
shall be straitened
yatsar (Hebrew #3334)
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
KJV usage: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and his ownl counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
shall cast him down
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 1:30‑32• 30they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
 31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish. (Prov. 1:30‑32)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 20:22• 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him. (Job 20:22)
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Job 36:16• 16Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table would be full of fatness. (Job 36:16)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered. (Psa. 18:36)
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Prov. 4:12• 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. (Prov. 4:12)
his own.
Job 5:12‑13• 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong: (Job 5:12‑13)
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2 Sam. 15:31• 31And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Sam. 15:31)
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2 Sam. 17:14• 14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom. (2 Sam. 17:14)
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Psa. 33:10• 10Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect. (Psa. 33:10)
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Prov. 1:30‑32• 30they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
 31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish. (Prov. 1:30‑32)
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Hos. 10:6• 6Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria as a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. (Hos. 10:6)
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1 Cor. 3:19• 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:19)
• His vigorous steps would begin to falter, and he would fall by his own evil counsel. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• It is as though he were saying, “Now we have found you out; you are reaping the fruit of your sin, and all this misery is a visitation from God for your wickedness.” (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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