The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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Gill's Exposition
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,.... He goes into it of himself, incautious and imprudent; the counsels, schemes, and methods he takes to hurt others, issue in his own ruin; the pit he digs…
Barnes' Notes
The steps of his strength - Strong steps. “Steps of strength” is a Hebraism, to denote firm or vigorous steps. Shall be straitened - Shall be compressed, embarrassed, hindered. Instead of walking…
The rest of Bildad's discourse is entirely taken up in an elegant description of the miserable condition of a wicked man, in which there is a great deal of certain truth, and which will be of…
Cambridge Bible
Another figure for the same thought. His firm, wide steps of prosperity and security, when he walked in a wide place (Psa 4:1), become narrowed and hampered. Widening of the steps is a usual Oriental…
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