Job 30:11
Yea, they let loose the reins, and humble me; They cast off the bridle before me.
Noyes 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, they stand aloof from me; They forbear not to spit before my face.
Cross References
Job 12:18He looseth the authority of kings, And bindeth their loins with a cord.
Psalms 32:9Be ye not like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, Whose mouths must be pressed with the bridle and curb, Because they will not come near thee!
Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
James 1:26If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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 →