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Forכִּיhe has loosedפִתַּחmy cordיִתְרִיand afflicted me,וַיְעַנֵּנִיand the bridleוְרֶסֶןbefore meמִפָּנַיthey have cast off.שִׁלֵּחוּ
Job 30:11
Study it in the app“For he has loosed my cord and afflicted me, and the bridle before me they have cast off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 30:11, word by word
- he has loosedפִתַּחfitach
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “fitach” appears- my cordיִתְרִyitri
bowstring
Another word spelled the same: the taut string of a bow.
Where else “yitri” appears- and afflicted meיְעַנֵּyeane
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “yeane” appears- and the bridleרֶסֶןresen
bridle, halter
A bridle, a halter that holds an animal back.
Where else “resen” appears- before meפָּנַpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears- they have cast offשִׁלֵּחוּshilechu
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilechu” appears
Translation note
“He has loosed my cord”: the Hebrew does not name who did it; it can be understood that it is God. The cord may be that of the bow or the one that holds up the tent (4:21).
The context
10They abhor me, they keep far from me, and from my face they do not hold back spit.
11 · This verse (above)
12On my right the brood rises; they push away my feet and build up against me the paths of their calamity.