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Job 30:10
10They detest me and keep 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face.
Context of Job 30:10
8A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land. 9“And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence. 12On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.
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תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:10
- Job 19:19All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
- Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
- Psalms 88:8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
- Zechariah 11:8In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
- Job 19:13“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
- Proverbs 19:7The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
- Matthew 26:56But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.
- Numbers 12:14The Lord replied to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”
- Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him
- Matthew 27:30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
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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