Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint before me, attributing Job's degradation to God's action in loosening his cord and humbling him, suggesting that divine action on Job has removed the social barriers that formerly protected him. The loosing of the cord suggests the severing of bonds that held Job in position. The humbling suggests active divine degradation. The consequence that others cast off restraint before him suggests that Job's diminishment by God has eliminated the fear that formerly constrained others' behavior toward him. The verse establishes that Job's degradation flows from divine action.

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