Key Verse Spotlight
Job 30:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.”
Job 30:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. {and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from}
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Upon {my} right {hand} rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
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