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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,{HR}They despised all my reproof;
 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way,{HR}And be filled with their own devices.
 32For the turning back of the simple shall slay them,{HR}And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. (Prov. 1:30‑32)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 20:22• 22In the fullness of his superfluity he is straitened,{HR}Every hand of a wretch shall be upon him. (Job 20:22)
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Job 36:16• 16And thee, too, he lureth out of the jaws of distress,{HR}A wide place, on the site of which [is] no straitness,{HR}And the setting of thy table fullness of fatness. (Job 36:16)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped. (Psa. 18:36)
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Prov. 4:12• 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;{HR}And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. (Prov. 4:12)
his own.
Job 5:12‑13• 12He breaketh to pieces the devices of the crafty,{HR}So that they can do nothing to purpose;
 13He taketh the wise in their craftiness,{HR}And the counsel of the cunning is overturned. (Job 5:12‑13)
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2 Sam. 15:31• 31{i}And one told David saying{/i}, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. {i}Then said David{/i}, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Sam. 15:31)
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2 Sam. 17:14• 14{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 17:14)
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Psa. 33:10• 10Jehovah hath made void the counsel of the Gentiles;{HR}He hath frustrated the devices of the peoples . (Psa. 33:10)
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Prov. 1:30‑32• 30They would none of my counsel,{HR}They despised all my reproof;
 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way,{HR}And be filled with their own devices.
 32For the turning back of the simple shall slay them,{HR}And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. (Prov. 1:30‑32)
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Hos. 10:6• 6This also shall be carried to Assyria a present to the contentious king: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel 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 that taketh 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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