Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 18:7
Verse 7. The steps of his strength ] Even in his greatest prosperity he shall be in straits and difficulties. His own counsel ] He shall be the dupe and the victim of his own airy, ambitious, and impious schemes.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-10 - Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in whic there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do no repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to ran their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from important truths. The destruction of the wicked is foretold. Tha destruction is represented under the similitude of a beast or bir caught in a snare, or a malefactor taken into custody. Satan, as he wa a murderer, so he was a robber, from the beginning. He, the tempter lays snares for sinners wherever they go. If he makes them sinful lik himself, he will make them miserable like himself. Satan hunts for the precious life. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare for himself, and God is preparing for his destruction. See here how the sinner runs himself into the snare.
Original Hebrew
יצרו 3334 צעדי 6806 אונו 202 ותשׁליכהו 7993 עצתו׃ 6098
