Job 30:11
Because, my girdle, he had loosened and had humbled me, therefore, the bridle—in my presence, cast they off;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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—have put themselves far from me, and, from my face, have not withheld—spittle!
Cross References
Ruth 1:21I was full when I departed, but, empty, am I brought back of Yahweh,—wherefore should ye call me Naomi, when, Yahweh, hath given answer against me, and, the Almighty, hath crushed me?
Job 12:18The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins:
Psalms 32:9Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment,—With the bit and bridle of his mouth, [hast thou] to restrain him,—He will not come near unto thee.
Matthew 26:67Then, spat they into his face, and buffeted him; and, others, struck him smartly,
James 1:26If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance 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 →