Tree of Life Version
Job 30:10
10They despise me; they keep their distance 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 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
8A senseless and nameless brood, they were cast out from the land. 9“So now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword to them. They despise me; they keep their distance from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11Because He has loosened my cord and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence 12On my right the rabble rise up; they entangle my feet and build up their destructive paths 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 close friends despise me; those I love have turned against me.
- Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself, and repent on dust and ashes.”
- Psalms 88:8Your wrath lies heavily on me. You afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
- Zechariah 11:8Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me.
- Job 19:13“He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.
- Proverbs 19:7All a poor man’s relatives despise him— how much more his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.
- Matthew 26:56But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning Him.
- Numbers 12:14Adonai said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be in shame for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days. After that she may be brought back.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9then his brother’s widow is to come to him in the sight of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and reply, ‘So will it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’
- Isaiah 50:6I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those pulling out My beard; I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spat in His face and pounded Him with their fists. Others slapped Him and demanded,
- Matthew 27:30They spat on Him, and they took the staff and beat Him over and over 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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