Job 30:10

They abhor me—have put themselves far from me, and, from my face, have not withheld—spittle!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

In Context

9But, now, their song, have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword;

11Because, my girdle, he had loosened and had humbled me, therefore, the bridle—in my presence, cast they off;

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Cross References

Numbers 12:14And Yahweh said unto Moses: If, her own father, had, but spat, in her face, would she not, have acknowledged the shame for seven days? Let her shut herself up for seven days, outside the camp, and afterwards, let her be received back.

Job 17:6But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.

Job 19:19All the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;

Psalms 88:8Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,—Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

Isaiah 50:6My back, gave I to smiters, and My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard,—My face, hid I not from insult and spitting.

Zechariah 11:8And I sent off three shepherds, in one month,—for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me.

Matthew Henry on Job 30:2-15

Job's Humbled Condition. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a… Read the whole commentary →

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