New Living Translation
Job 30:10
10They despise me and won’t come near me, except 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
8They are nameless fools, outcasts from society. 9“And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me! They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face. 11For God has cut my bowstring. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint. 12These outcasts oppose me to my face. They send me sprawling and lay traps in my path.
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 19:19My close friends detest me. Those I loved have turned against me.
- Job 42:6I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
- Psalms 88:8You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
- Zechariah 11:8I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
- Job 19:13“My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.
- Proverbs 19:7The relatives of the poor despise them; how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them, their friends are gone.
- Matthew 26:56But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.
- Numbers 12:14But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had done nothing more than spit in her face, wouldn’t she be defiled for seven days? So keep her outside the camp for seven days, and after that she may be accepted back.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.’
- Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.
- Matthew 26:67Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,
- Matthew 27:30And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.
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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