Job 30:10

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They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
  • Num 12:14 : 14 The LORD said to Moses,“If her father had only spit in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again.”
  • Deut 25:9 : 9 then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond,“Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”
  • Matt 27:30 : 30 They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.
  • Job 17:6 : 6 He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
  • Job 19:13-14 : 13 Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. 14 My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.
  • Job 19:19 : 19 All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
  • Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
  • Matt 26:56 : 56 But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 16:9-11
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    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

    11God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

  • Job 30:11-13
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    11Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

    13They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.

  • Job 19:18-19
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    18Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.

    19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

  • 9Job’s Indignities“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

  • 11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

  • Ps 22:6-7
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    6But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.

    7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

  • Ps 35:15-16
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

    16When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

  • 3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

  • 8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • 6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

  • 7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

  • 31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

  • 3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • 25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

  • 11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

  • 13Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

  • 3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

  • 10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

  • 10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

  • 19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

  • 6I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

  • 14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

  • 13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • 8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

  • 10The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

  • 11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • 19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • 13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • 19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

  • 12Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

  • 3The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

  • 13For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

  • 22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies!

  • 26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!

  • 1Job’s Present Misery“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

  • 5They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

  • 30They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.

  • 30they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

  • 2May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • 16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

  • 4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!