Job 30:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

Job 30:11 —

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Cross-References

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Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Job 12:18
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Ruth 1:21
I 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?
Matthew 27:39-44
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, …
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-14)

Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit as Job’s was. Two things he insists upon as greatly aggravating his affliction:— I. The meanness of the persons that affronted him. As it added much to his honour, in the day of his prosperity, that…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. He--that is, “God”; antithetical to “they”; English Version here follows the marginal reading (Keri). my cord--image from a bow unstrung; opposed to Job 29:20. The text (Chetib), “His cord” or “reins” is better; “yea, each lets loose his reins” [Umbreit].