Job 18:7 - Exposition

The steps of his strength shall he straitened . In the time of his prosperity the wicked man had a wide sphere within which to exercise his activity, and strode hither and thither at his pleasure. When punishment falls on him, his "steps will be straitened," i.e. his sphere narrowed, his activity cramped, his powers "cabined, cribbed, confined." And his own counsel shall cast him down (see Job 5:13 ; and comp. Psalms 7:14 ,-16; Psalms 9:16 ; Psalms 10:2 ; Hosea 10:6 ).