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11 God has taken the string from my bow and made me weak,
    so they feel free to do whatever they want to me.
12 They attack me on my right side.
    They knock my feet out from under me.
    They build ramps to attack and destroy me like a city.
13 They guard the road so that I cannot escape.
    They succeed in destroying me, without help from anyone.

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11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(A) and afflicted me,(B)
    they throw off restraint(C) in my presence.
12 On my right(D) the tribe[a] attacks;
    they lay snares(E) for my feet,(F)
    they build their siege ramps against me.(G)
13 They break up my road;(H)
    they succeed in destroying me.(I)
    ‘No one can help him,’ they say.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.