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Verse Job 30:11. _BECAUSE HE HATH LOOSED MY CORD_] Instead of
יתרי _yithri, my cord_, which is the keri or marginal reading,
יתרו _yithro, his cord_, is the reading of the text in many
copies; and th...
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BECAUSE HE HATH LOOSED MY CORD - According to this translation, the
reference here is to God, and the sense is, that the reason why he was
thus derided and contemned by such a worthless race was, that...
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CHAPTER 30
_ 1. His present humiliation and shame (Job 30:1)_
2. No answer from God: completely forsaken (Job 30:20)
Job 30:1. He had spoken of his past greatness and now he describes his
present mi...
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JOB 30. JOB'S PRESENT MISERY. As the text stands at present, Job
begins by complaining that the very abjects of society now despise
him. Many scholars, however, detach Job 30:2 as a misplaced section...
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2. Sorrowful description of his present sad estate (Job 30:1-31)
a. The contempt he has from men of lowest class (Job 30:1-15)
TEXT 30:1-15
1 BUT NOW THEY THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN I HAVE ME IN DERISIO...
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_BECAUSE HE HATH LOOSED MY CORD, AND AFFLICTED ME, THEY HAVE ALSO LET
LOOSE THE BRIDLE BEFORE ME._
He - i:e., God; antithetical to they: the English version here
follows the marginal reading (Qeri'),...
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30:11 he (e-2) i.e. God. my (f-5) Some read 'his.'...
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JOB'S PRESENT MISERY
Job bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as
described in Job 29. It must be borne in mind that Job was now outcast
and beggared.
1-8. Job complains that he is...
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RV renders, 'For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me, and they
have cast off the bridle before me.' RM gives another reading, 'my
cord (or bowstring).' Perhaps 'loosed my bowstring' is the best...
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Formerly the most important people would gather to listen to Job. And
they respected Job greatly.
But now, the worst youths would gather to see Job. They would insult
Job. And they would laugh at him...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 30
JOB MAKES A LIST OF HIS...
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BECAUSE HE HATH LOOSED MY CORD. — Better, _his: i.e._, “God hath
loosed the cord of his bow and they have cast off all restraint before
me.”...
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כִּֽי־_יִתְרִ֣י_† פִ֭תַּח וַ
יְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝ רֶ֗סֶן
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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Immediately Job passed to the description of his present condition,
which is all the more startling as it stands in contrast with what he
had said concerning the past. He first described the base who...
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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 subjectio...
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_For he. Protestants, "Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted
me, they have also let loose the bridle before me," (Haydock) being no
longer under any restraint. Sometimes it was customary to pu...
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(1) В¶ 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 m...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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BECAUSE HE HATH LOOSED MY CORD,.... Not his silver cord, for then he
must have died immediately, Ecclesiastes 12:6; though it may be
understood of the loosening of his nerves through the force of his...
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Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let
loose the bridle before me.
Ver. 11. _Because he hath loosed my cord_] _i.e._ God hath taken away
mine authority, whereby I hereto...
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_Because he_ That is, God; _hath loosed my cord_ Hath slackened the
string of my bow, and so rendered it and my arrows useless; that is,
he hath deprived me of my strength and defence: so understood,...
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Because He hath loosed my cord, God had let loose upon Job the horde
of His calamities, AND AFFLICTED ME, THEY HAVE ALSO LET LOOSE THE
BRIDLE BEFORE ME, men were giving free rein to their violent and...
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JOB COMPLAINS OF THE CONTEMPT HE RECEIVES FROM MEN....
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MOCKED BY HIS INFERIORS
(vv.1-8)
What a contrast was Job's condition now! Prominent men of dignity had
once shown Job every respect, but now young men of what might be
considered the lowest class, w...
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Job considered such insults from the scum of the earth to be an arrow
from God, and the expression that they "have cast off the bridle
before me" seems to mean that such people had cast off all restra...
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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...
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BECAUSE HE, to wit, God, for it follows, _he afflicted me_, which was
God's work. HATH LOOSED MY CORD; either,
1. He hath slackened the string (as this word sometimes signifies) of
my bow, and so rend...
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Job 30:11 loosed H6605 (H8765) bowstring H3499 afflicted H6031 (H8762)
off H7971 (H8765) restraint H7448 before...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He reviews his present condition.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: The best saints often receive the worst of indignities
from a spiteful and scornful wor...
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Job 30:1. _The dogs of my flock._ Job does not say this through pride,
for he owns that the slave and himself were formed by the same hand:
Job 31:15. He says it rather with a view to describe the sin...
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_But now they that are younger than I have me in derision._
JOB’S SOCIAL DISABILITIES
Man’s happiness as a social being is greatly dependent upon the kind
feeling and respect which is shown to him b...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 30:9 Job describes his three friends as casting off
any RESTRAINT, as if they were taking advantage of an easy military
conquest (THROUGH A WIDE BREACH)....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 30:11 LOOSED MY CORD. God has taken away Job’s
security (compare Job 29:4)....
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_THE CONTRAST.—JOB’S SOLILOQUY, CONTINUED_
With his former state of happiness and honour Job now contrasts his
present misery and degradation. His object as well to show the grounds
he has for complai...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 30:1
The contrast is now completed. Having drawn the portrait of himself as
he was, rich, honoured, blessed with children, flourishing, in favour
with both God and man, Job now present...
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But now, chapter 30, he tells of the present condition. And just as
glorious as was the past, so depressing is the present.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose
fathers I wo...
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2 Samuel 16:5; James 1:26; Job 12:18; Job 12:21; Matthew 26:67;...
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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
human...