Job 18:8

“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, etc.] 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 for them, he falls and sinks into himself; and the net which he has spread and hid for others, in it is his own foot taken; and the ways and means he takes to do himself good, to amass riches and advance his family, being illicit ones, prove snares and nets unto him, those leading him into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which bring him to perdition, (<190915>Psalm 9:15 <540609>1 Timothy 6:9); even the various sins and transgressions he commits are snares unto him, by which he is enticed and…”

“he walketh upon--rather, "he lets himself go into the net" [UMBREIT]. If the English Version be retained, then understand "snare" to be the pitfall, covered over with branches and earth, which when walked upon give way (Psa 9:15; Job 35:8).”

“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 fallen into it himself. The meaning is, that he would bring ruin upon himself while he was plotting the rain of others; see Psalms 9:16, “The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands;” compare the note at Job 5:13. The phrase “by his own feet” here means, that he walks there himself. He is not led or driven by others, but he goes himself into the net. Wild animals are sometimes driven, but he walks along of his own accord into the net, and has no one to blame but himself. And he walketh upon a snare - Or a pitfall. This was formerly the mode of…”

“Feet - By his own designs and actions. Job 18:13”

“18:8-10 A series of hunting devices illustrates the biblical principle of retribution (see study note on 34:11).”

“he is cast: Job 22:10; Est 3:9, Est 6:13, Est 7:5, Est 7:10; Psa 9:15, Psa 35:8; Pro 5:22, Pro 29:6; Eze 32:3; Ti1 3:7, Ti1 6:9; Ti2 2:26 Job 18:9”

“8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, And he walketh over a snare. 9 The trap holdeth his heel fast, The noose bindeth him. 10 His snare lieth hidden in the earth, His nets upon the path; 11 Terrors affright him on every side, And scare him at every step. The Pual שׁלּח signifies not merely to be betrayed into, but driven into, like the Piel, Job 30:12, to drive away, and as it is to be translated in the similar passage in the song of Deborah, Jdg 5:15 : "And as Issachar, Barak was driven (i.e., with desire for fighting) behind him down into the valley (the place of meeting under Mount Tabor);" בּרגליו, which there signifies, according to Jdg 4:10; Jdg 8:5, "upon his feet = close…”