Job 30:11 Parallel Translations
NASB: "Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Because God has untied my cord and has made me suffer, they are no longer restrained in my presence.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
ASV: For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
BBE: For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.
DBY: For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.
ERV: For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
JPS: For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
WBS: Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
WEB: For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
YLT: Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
Job 30:11 Cross References
XREF:Ruth 1:21 "I went out full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?"

Psalm 32:9 Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Psalm 88:7 Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 30:11 Because he hath loosed my {f} cord, and afflicted me, {g} they have also let loose the bridle before me.
(f) God has taken from me the force, credit, and authority with which I kept them in subjection.
(g) He said that the young men when they saw him, hid themselves as in Job 29:8, and now in his misery they were impudent and licentious.
WES: 30:11 He - God. Cord - Hath slackened the string of my bow, and so rendered my bow and arrows useless; he hath deprived me of my strength or defence. Let loose - They cast off all former restraints of humanity, or modesty, and do those things before mine eyes, which formerly they trembled lest they should come to my ears.
MHC: 30:1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.
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