Proverbia 31:11

Nova Vulgata

[31:12] Apud omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium et vicinis meis valde et timor notis meis: qui videbant me foras, fugiebant a me.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
L�tamini in Domino, et exsultate, justi;
et gloriamini, omnes recti corde.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I was: Psalms 22:6, Psalms 69:19, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 89:50, Psalms 89:51, Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 53:4, Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 27:39-44, Romans 15:3, Hebrews 11:36, Hebrews 13:13, 1 Peter 4:14

especially: Psalms 38:11, Psalms 41:8, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 88:8, Psalms 88:18, Job 19:13, Job 19:14, Jeremiah 12:6, Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:21, Matthew 10:22

a fear: Psalms 64:8, Job 6:21-23, Matthew 26:56, Matthew 26:74, 2 Timothy 4:16

Reciprocal: Psalms 69:8 - become Psalms 102:8 - Mine Psalms 109:25 - a reproach Psalms 142:4 - but there was Lamentations 1:2 - all her friends

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I was a reproach among all mine enemies,.... This is a common case of the people of God; and though it may be the least of their afflictions, yet it is not grateful to the flesh; and it is as it is made: under divine supports saints rejoice, and take pleasure in reproaches, that they are counted worthy to bear them, and esteem them as great riches; at other times they seize and feed upon their spirits, and are ready to break their hearts;

but especially among my neighbours; who knew him, and knew he did not deserve to be so treated; and who ought, as neighbours, to have loved him, and done all good offices to him; so that this is an aggravation both of their sin and his distress;

and a fear to mine acquaintance; not that they were afraid that he should do them any mischief; but they were afraid to own him, and to do him any service; unless the sense is, that they were afraid that evil would befall him, that he should not escape with his life; which, though it may express the affectionate concern of his friends, yet shows the danger he was exposed to;

they that did see me without fled from me; as if he had something very pestilential and infectious about him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was a reproach among all mine enemies - That is, he was subjected to their reproaches, or was calumniated and reviled by them. See the notes at Psalms 22:6.

But especially among my neighbors - I was reproached by none more than by my neighbors. They showed special distrust of me, and manifested special unkindness, even more than my enemies did. They turned away from me. They abandoned me. They would not associate with me. They regarded me as a disgrace to them, and forsook me. Compare Job 19:13-15, and the notes at that passage.

And a fear to mine acquaintance - An object of dread or terror, so that they fled from me.

They that did see me without - In the streets, or in public - out of my own house. Not only those in my own dwelling - the members of my family - regarded me in this manner, but passers in the streets - those whom I accidentally met - turned from me and fled in disgust and horror. It is not possible now to determine at what time in the life of the psalmist this occurred, or to ascertain the exact circumstances. There were, doubtless, times when with the saddest feelings he could say that all this was true of him. His troubles in the time of his persecutions by Saul, and still more probably his trials in the time when Absalom rebelled against him, and when he was driven away from his throne and his capital, would furnish an occasion when this would be true. If the latter was the occasion, then we can see how naturally he would connect all this with his “iniquity,” and regard it as the consequence of his sin in the matter of Uriah - a sin which would probably be always in his recollection, and which he would ever onward regard as lying at the foundation of all his afflictions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 31:11. I was a reproach — When proscribed at the court of Saul, my enemies triumphed, and loaded me with execrations; my neighbours considered me as a dangerous man, now deservedly driven from society; my acquaintance, who knew me best, were afraid to hold any communication with me; and they who saw me in my exile avoided me as if affected with a contagious disorder,