New King James Version
Job 30:10
10They abhor me, they keep far from me; 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 Living Translation (NLT)They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face.
Context of Job 30:10
8They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land. 9“And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword. They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off restraint before me. 12At my right hand the rabble arises; They push away my feet, And they raise against me their ways of destruction.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:10 word by word
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 close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me.
- Job 42:6Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”
- Psalms 88:8You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
- Zechariah 11:8I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
- Job 19:13“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
- Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
- Matthew 26:56But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.
- Numbers 12:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’
- Isaiah 50:6I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands,
- Matthew 27:30Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him 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
Topics related to Job 30:10
In the dictionaries
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
New King James Version — © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc
Commentaries