Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 30:11
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.”
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.”
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...
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...
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...
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...
Job 30:11 is very variously understood; it may mean, For they have loosed their rein and humbled me, They have cast off the bridle before me. So taken, the two clauses have much the same meaning, e...
Further description of the outrageous insults of these base outcasts....
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...
_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'),...
30:11 he (e-2) i.e. God. my (f-5) Some read 'his.'...
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...
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...
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...
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...
כִּֽי־_יִתְרִ֣י_† פִ֭תַּח וַ יְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝ רֶ֗סֶן
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...
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...
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...
_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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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...
JOB COMPLAINS OF THE CONTEMPT HE RECEIVES FROM MEN....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Job 30:11 loosed H6605 (H8765) bowstring H3499 afflicted H6031 (H8762) off H7971 (H8765) restraint H7448 before...
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...
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...
_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...
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)....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 30:11 LOOSED MY CORD. God has taken away Job’s security (compare Job 29:4)....
_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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 16:5; James 1:26; Job 12:18; Job 12:21; Matthew 26:67;...
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...