Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 18:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
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Role in This Section
Job 18:8 advances the thought unit with the words “For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.” Bildad supplies a reason through “For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare” in support of Bildad Pictures the Wicked's Light and Steps Trapped.
Read It With
- Job 18:5–18:10
Read Job 18:8 with 18:5–18:10. Read alone, “For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Bildad says the wicked person's light goes out and describes feet, counsel, and hidden traps converging on ruin.
Why It Needs Context
Job 18:8 depends on 18:5–18:10; isolating “For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare” would detach a poetic premise, image, response, or transition from Bildad and “Bildad Pictures the Wicked's Light and Steps Trapped.”
Read Job 18:5–10 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 18:5–18:10 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Bildad Pictures the Wicked's Light and Steps Trapped.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 5. 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Verse 6. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Verse 7. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Verse 8. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Verse 9. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Verse 10. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 18:5–18:10 — Bildad Pictures the Wicked's Light and Steps TrappedSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 18:5–18:10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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