Job 18:8

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet ¹  and he wanders into a mesh. ² 

biblegateway Job 18:8

His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.

biblegateway Job 18:8

"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.

biblegateway Job 18:8

"The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit that’s been dug in the path.

biblegateway Job 18:8

They get all tangled up in their own red tape,

SABDAweb Job 18:8

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

bibleoremus Job 18:8

For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.

biblegateway Job 18:8

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

biblegateway Job 18:8

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet ¹  and he wanders into a mesh. ² 

¹ tn See Ps 25:15.

² tn The word שְׂבָכָה (sÿvakhah) is used in scripture for the lattice window (2 Kgs 1:2). The Arabic cognate means “to be intertwined.” So the term could describe a net, matting, grating, or lattice. Here it would be the netting stretched over a pit.