KJV King James Version
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
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Job 30:11
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
WEB World English Bible
For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
ASV American Standard Version
For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
Surrounding context — Job 30
8 [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].
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Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.Ruth 1:21I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?Job 12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.Matthew 27:39-44And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,2 Samuel 16:5-8And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.James 1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion [is] vain.Psalm 32:9Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.Matthew 26:67-68Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote [him] with the palms of their hands,Psalm 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
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