“He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom people spit.
Job 30:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They abhor me, they flee far from me, And spare not to spit in my face. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and do not refrain from spitting in my face or at the sight of me. American Standard Version (1901) They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face. Common English Bible They detest me, keep their distance, don’t withhold spit from my face. Catholic Public Domain Version They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They abhor me and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face. |
“He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom people spit.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I love have turned against me.
You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there.
I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.
In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.
But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”
But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.
then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and declare, ‘This is what is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’