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Bildad continues to describe the wicked person.
The steps of his strength...into a pitfall
Bildad uses these images to say that the wicked experience sudden disaster. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
The steps of his strength
"The steps he takes when he is strong" or "His strong steps"
will be made short
"will become short." When a person is strong, he is able to take long and quick steps. When a person is weak, he can only take short steps.
his own plans will cast him down
"his own advice makes him fall down"
For he will thrown into a net by his own feet
"His own feet will lead him into a net." Bildad uses this image to say that the way that a wicked person lives his life leads him to sudden disaster. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a net
cords or ropes that people weave together to create a mesh. People used nets to catch animals.
a pitfall
a pit that has branches and leaves over it so that an animal will walk onto the branches and leaves and fall into the pit