Job 30:10 They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

English Standard Version
They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

New American Standard Bible
"They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They despise me and keep their distance from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

International Standard Version
They abhor me—they keep their distance from me; but they don't refrain from spitting at the sight of me.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.

Darby Bible 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.

Cross References

Matthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

Numbers 12:14
And the LORD said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

Deuteronomy 25:9
Then shall his brother's wife come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done to that man that will not build up his brother's house.

Job 17:6
He has made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Psalm 88:8
You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

30:1-14 Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. 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 (Isa 50:6; Mt 26:67).