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11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me,
    they have cast off restraint[a] in my presence.
12 On my (A)right hand the rabble rise;
    they push away my feet;
    they (B)cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 They break up my path;
    they promote my (C)calamity;
    they need no one to help them.

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  1. Job 30:11 Hebrew the bridle

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

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

12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

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