New English Translation
Job 30:10
10They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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 senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips. 9“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them. They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence. 12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:10 word by word
תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:10
- Job 19:19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
- Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
- Psalms 88:8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
- Zechariah 11:8Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
- Job 19:13“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
- Proverbs 19:7All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him – he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
- Matthew 26:56But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
- Numbers 12:14The Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only spit in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, “Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”
- Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
- Matthew 27:30They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the 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
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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
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