Job 30:10

Job 30:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
• New International Version (NIV)They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Context of Job 30:10

8Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land. 9And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword. They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face. 11For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me. 12At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

Job 30:10 word by word

תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃Read the interlinear

• abhorתַּעָבtâ‛ab · to abhorH8581
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 30:10

• Job 19:19All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
• Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
• Psalms 88:8Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
• Zechariah 11:8And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.
• Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
• Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of a poor [man] hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth [them] with words, — they are not [to be found].
• Matthew 26:56But all this is come to pass that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.
• Numbers 12:14And Jehovah said to Moses, But had her father anyways spat in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? She shall be shut outside the camp seven days, and afterwards she shall be received in [again].
• Deuteronomy 25:9then shall his brother's wife come near to him before the eyes of the elders, and draw his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that will not build up his brother's house.
• Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,
• Matthew 27:30And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head.

Commentaries on Job 30:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They abhor me - What a state must civil society be in when such indignities were permitted to be offered to the aged and afflicted!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10They abhor me - Hebrew, They regard me as abominable. They flee far from me - Even such an impious and low born race now will have nothing to do with me. They would consider it no honor to be associated with me, but keep as far from me as possible. And spare not to spit in my face - Margin, “withhold not spittle from.” Noyes renders this “Before my face;” and so Luther Wemyss, Umbreit, and Prof. Lee. The Hebrew may mean either to spit in the face, or to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10keep far from me: See also 19:13–15; compare Psalm 88:8; Proverbs 19:7; Matthew 26:56. Spitting in someone's face showed extreme dislike or hatred (Deuteronomy 25:9; Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67; 27:30; Mark 14:65).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. in my face--rather, refrain not to spit in deliberate contempt before my face. To spit at all in presence of another is thought in the East insulting, much more so when done to mark "abhorrence." Compare the further insult to Jesus Christ (Is 50:6; Mt 26:67).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:10

• Persecution
• Spitting

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Dissolve
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Far; Farther
• Job, Book of
• Spit; Spittle

Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary