King James Version
Job 30:10 in the King James Version says “They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. and: Heb. and withhold not spittle from” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. and: Heb. and withhold not spittle from”
Job 30:10 · KJV
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. base: Heb. men of no name
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. and: Heb. and withhold not spittle from
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me they flee far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
“in my face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“from me and spare”
H2820to restrain or (reflexive) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
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