Job 18:8
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →Cross References
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king...
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast...
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
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