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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.
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Caught by Your Own Steps
All the commentators agree that the phrase "by his own feet" is crucial. It signifies that the wicked person is not a passive victim but an active participant in their own downfall. Their own choices, schemes, and sinful actions lead them directly into the trap, meaning they have no one to blame but themselves for their ruin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For he is cast into a net by his own feet - He is caught in his own tricks, as if he had spread a net or dug a pitfall for another, and had …
19th Century
Anglican
He is cast into a net. —Job had compared himself to one hunted by the Almighty (Job 10:16), and Bildad here d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he is cast into a net by his own feet He goes into it of himself, incautious and imprudent; the counsels, scheme…
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Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; where there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condit…
13th Century
Catholic
Since Bildad the Shuhite could not grasp what blessed Job meant, he assumed that what he himself did not understand was spoken without basis. At th…
