Job 18:8
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.”Job 18:8
What Does Job 18:8 Mean?
Job 18:8 is found in the book of Job, chapter 18, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 18:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 22:10“Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;”Psalms 9:15“The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.”Ecclesiastes 9:12“For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”Job 19:6“Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.”Psalms 35:7“For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.”Psalms 35:8“Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.”Proverbs 22:5“Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.”2 Samuel 18:9“And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.”Esther 3:9“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’s treasuries.”Esther 6:13“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 begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.”Esther 7:5“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?”Esther 7:10“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.”Job 5:5“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”Proverbs 5:22“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”Proverbs 29:6“In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.”Isaiah 24:18“And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.”Lamentations 1:13“From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.”Ezekiel 32:3“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.”1 Timothy 3:7“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”1 Timothy 6:9“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.”
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