The Meaning of Job 30:11 Explained

Job 30:11

KJV: Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

YLT: Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

Darby: For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.

ASV: For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Because he hath loosed  my cord,  and afflicted  me, they have also let loose  the bridle  before  me. 

What does Job 30:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:11 mean?

Because - my bowstring He has loosed and afflicted me and restraint before me they have cast off
כִּֽי־ [יתרו] (יִתְרִ֣י) פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ

כִּֽי־  Because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
[יתרו]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(יִתְרִ֣י)  my  bowstring 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: יֶתֶר 
Sense: .
פִ֭תַּח  He  has  loosed 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי  and  afflicted  me 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.
וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן  and  restraint 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶסֶן  
Sense: something that restrains, halter, jaw.
מִפָּנַ֥י  before  me 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
שִׁלֵּֽחוּ  they  have  cast  off 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.