Job 30:10 “They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my…”

Job 30:10

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.

American Standard Version

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

Geneva Bible 1599

They abhorre me, and flee farre from mee, and spare not to spit in my face.

Darby Translation

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.

Young's Literal Translation

They have abominated me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.

Bible in Basic English

I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.

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Cross references

“abhor me”

Psalm 88:8 Job 19:19 Job 42:6 Zechariah 11:8

Psalm 88:8 · BSB

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Job 19:19 · BSB

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

Job 42:6 · BSB

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

“flee far”

Proverbs 19:7 Matthew 26:56 Job 19:13 Job 19:14

Proverbs 19:7 · BSB

All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Matthew 26:56 · BSB

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Job 19:13 · BSB

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Job 19:14 · BSB

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

“spare not to spit in my face”

Isaiah 50:6 Matthew 26:67 Numbers 12:14 Deuteronomy 25:9 Matthew 27:30

Isaiah 50:6 · BSB

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Matthew 26:67 · BSB

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

Numbers 12:14 · BSB

But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

Deuteronomy 25:9 · BSB

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

Matthew 27:30 · BSB

Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

Also

Job 17:6

Job 17:6 · BSB

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

11Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

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