Job 30:11
For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
World English Bible Classic
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, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.
Cross References
Ruth 1:21I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
Job 12:18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
Psalms 32:9Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Matthew 26:67Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
James 1:26If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s 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 →