Job 18:7
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The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

Job 15:6
Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.

Proverbs 4:12
Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

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

steps

Job 20:22 When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

Job 36:16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

Psalm 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.

Proverbs 4:12 Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

his own

Job 5:12,13 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: . . .

2 Samuel 15:31 And it was told David that Achitophel also was in the conspiracy with Absalom, and David said: Infatuate, O Lord, I beseech thee, the counsel of Achitophel.

2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

Proverbs 1:30-32 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. . . .

Hosea 10:6 For itself also is carried into Assyria, a present to the avenging king: shame shall fall upon Ephraim, and Israel shall be confounded in his own will.

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

Context
Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out. 7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.…
Lexicon
His vigorous
אוֹנ֑וֹ (’ō·w·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 202: Ability, power, wealth

stride
צַעֲדֵ֣י (ṣa·‘ă·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6806: A pace, regular step

is shortened,
יֵֽ֭צְרוּ (yê·ṣə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3334: Be distressed, be narrow, be straitened in straits, be vexed

and his own schemes
עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ (‘ă·ṣā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

trip him up.
וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ (wə·ṯaš·lî·ḵê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7993: To throw out, down, away


Additional Translations
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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

Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.

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

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

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

The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.

Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
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