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11 And since God has loosened my bowspring[a] and humbled me,
    they have ceased to have any restraint in my presence.
12 “The rabble attack in a mob on my right flank;
    they lay snares for my feet
    and raise their siege-ramps against me.
13 They advance through my crumbling defenses,
    blocking every means of escape,
    and no one restrains them.

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  1. Job 30:11 Loosened my bowspring: i.e., done away with my strength.

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.