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11 God has ·taken away my strength [L loosened my bowstring] and ·made me suffer [humiliated me],
    so they ·attack me with all their anger [L have removed all restraint before me].
12 On my right side they rise up like a mob.
    They ·lay traps for my feet [L take my feet out from under me]
    and ·prepare to attack me [L build up paths for my calamity].
13 They ·break [tear] up my road
    and ·work to destroy me [or they profit from my ruin],
    and ·no one helps me [or they need no help].

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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.

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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