Job 30:11
Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
In Context
10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
12The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
Cross References
Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
Job 12:18He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
James 1:26If anyone among you considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:2-15
Job's Humbled Condition. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a… Read the whole commentary →