The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The 1611 reading
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Confined, narrowed, or restricted in room, movement, or power. 2. Inwardly pressed, distressed, or constrained. 3. Narrowed or restricted in affection or openness.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Job 18:7
Complete exact-word concordance
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
By the breath of God, frost is giuen: and the breadth of the waters is straitned.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
1611 marginal notePsal.91.11.
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitned more then the lowest, and the middlemost from the ground.
¶ O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
¶ O thou that art named the house of Iacob, is the Spirit of the LORD straitned? are these his dongs? doe not my words do good to him that walketh vprightly?
1611 marginal noteOr, shortened.
1611 marginal noteHebr. vp right.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
But I haue a baptisme to be baptized with, and how am I straitned till it be accomplished?
1611 marginal noteOr, pained.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
Yee are not straitened in vs, but yee are straitned in your owne bowels.
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