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They fall into a pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the netting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness), And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Before they know it, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His own feet get him tangled in a net as he walks around on its webbing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They walk into a net, and their feet are caught; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For he is sent into a net by his own feet, "" And he habitually walks on a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For he was cast into a net by his feet, and he will go about upon latticework.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A net catches him by the feet, he wanders into a pitfall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For he has stretched out his feet into the net, and lie walks upon a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because he stretched his feet into a snare and he has walked upon a net<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />His foot also has been caught in a snare, <i>and</i> let it be entangled in a net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/18-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2744" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: bə·raḡ·lāw (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">his own feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šul·laḥ (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">lead him</a> <a href="/hebrew/7568.htm" title="7568: bə·re·šeṯ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A net. From yarash; a net.">into a net,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yiṯ·hal·lāḵ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and he wanders</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘a·lś- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/7639.htm" title="7639: ḇā·ḵāh (N-fs) -- Latticework, network. Feminine of sabak; a net-work, i.e a snare, a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to a pillar.">its mesh.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/9-15.htm">Psalm 9:15</a></span><br />The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-5.htm">Proverbs 11:5-6</a></span><br />The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. / The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22</a></span><br />The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-8.htm">Psalm 35:8</a></span><br />May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/29-6.htm">Proverbs 29:6</a></span><br />An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/57-6.htm">Psalm 57:6</a></span><br />They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Isaiah 8:14-15</a></span><br />And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare. / Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Jeremiah 18:22</a></span><br />Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Psalm 7:15-16</a></span><br />He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. / His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm">Proverbs 26:27</a></span><br />He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:8</a></span><br />He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a></span><br />Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Romans 11:9</a></span><br />And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34-35</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. / For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a snare.</p><p class="hdg">he is cast</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-10.htm">Job 22:10</a></b></br> Therefore snares <i>are</i> round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/3-9.htm">Esther 3:9</a></b></br> 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 <i>it</i> into the king's treasuries.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/6-13.htm">Esther 6:13</a></b></br> And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every <i>thing</i> that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai <i>be</i> of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/18-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/job/4-21.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/job/13-27.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/job/18-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-3.htm">Habitually</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-42.htm">Net</a> <a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Pitfall</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Snare</a> <a href="/job/18-7.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/job/16-11.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/job/16-15.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-16.htm">Toils</a> <a href="/job/12-19.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/job/9-8.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-2.htm">Walks</a> <a href="/job/15-23.htm">Wanders</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/18-18.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/job/36-8.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/job/20-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Habitually</a> <a href="/job/18-9.htm">Net</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-47.htm">Pitfall</a> <a href="/job/18-9.htm">Snare</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/job/30-11.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/job/18-18.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Toils</a> <a href="/job/29-3.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Walks</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Wanders</a><div class="vheading2">Job 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-1.htm">Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm">The calamities of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For his own feet lead him into a net</b><br>This phrase suggests a self-inflicted downfall, emphasizing personal responsibility for one's actions. In the context of the Book of Job, Bildad is speaking, implying that the wicked bring about their own ruin. The imagery of a net is common in ancient Near Eastern literature, symbolizing entrapment and judgment. Biblically, nets often represent divine retribution (<a href="/psalms/9-15.htm">Psalm 9:15</a>). Theologically, this can be seen as a warning against sin, which ensnares individuals (<a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22</a>). The concept of a net also connects to the idea of divine justice, where one's actions lead to their own consequences, reflecting the principle of sowing and reaping (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>).<p><b>and he wanders into its mesh</b><br>The term "wanders" implies a lack of direction or awareness, suggesting that the individual is unaware of the impending danger. This can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual blindness or ignorance, where one strays from the path of righteousness. The "mesh" represents the complexity and inescapability of the consequences of sin. In a broader biblical context, wandering is often associated with spiritual lostness, as seen in the parable of the lost sheep (<a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4-7</a>). This imagery can also be connected to the idea of straying from God's commandments, leading to entrapment by sin (<a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a>). Theologically, it underscores the need for divine guidance and wisdom to avoid the snares of life (<a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Bildad is speaking, offering his perspective on the fate of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the book, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_net.htm">The Net</a></b><br>A metaphorical trap representing the consequences of wickedness and sin, as described by Bildad.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_mesh.htm">The Mesh</a></b><br>Another metaphor for entrapment, emphasizing the inescapable nature of the consequences of one's actions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Although not a specific person, this term refers to those who live in opposition to God's ways, as Bildad describes them.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often leads to self-destruction. Just as a net ensnares, so do the consequences of sinful actions trap the sinner.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Deceptive Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin can appear harmless or even attractive, but it ultimately leads to entrapment and ruin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_wisdom_and_discernment.htm">The Importance of Wisdom and Discernment</a></b><br>Believers are called to walk wisely, avoiding the snares of sin by adhering to God's Word and seeking His guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While Bildad emphasizes justice, believers should also remember God's mercy and the opportunity for repentance and redemption through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_times_of_trouble.htm">The Role of Friends in Times of Trouble</a></b><br>Bildad's approach serves as a reminder to offer compassion and understanding, rather than judgment, to those who are suffering.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">He is cast into a net.</span>--Job had compared himself to one hunted by the Almighty (<a href="/job/10-16.htm" title="For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvelous on me.">Job 10:16</a>), and Bildad here describes the evil man as snared in a net, but it is one for which he has no one to thank but himself. It is his own pit he falls into; the insinuation being that Job is likewise responsible for his calamities, which are the punishment of his sin. It is to be observed that in this and the following verses the speaker heaps together every word he can find descriptive of the art of snaring.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For he is cast into a net by his own feet.</span> He walks of his own accord into a snare, not necessarily into one that he has himself set for others, as in <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Psalm 7:15</a>; <a href="/psalms/9-15.htm">Psalm 9:15</a>; <a href="/psalms/35-8.htm">Psalm 35:8</a>; <a href="/psalms/57-6.htm">Psalm 57:6</a>; and <a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm">Proverbs 26:27</a>; but either into one of his own setting, or into one laid for him by others (see ver. 10). <span class="cmt_word">And he walketh upon a snare</span>. A mere repetition of the idea expressed in the preceding hemistich. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/18-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his own feet</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרַגְלָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·raḡ·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lead</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁלַּ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(šul·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him into a net,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·re·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7568.htm">Strong's 7568: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he wanders</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·hal·lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘a·lś-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its mesh.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7639.htm">Strong's 7639: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net-work, a snare, a ballustrade, a reticulated ornament to a, pillar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/18-8.htm">OT Poetry: Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/18-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 18:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 18:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/18-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 18:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 18:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>