Job 30:9 “And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.”

Job 30:9

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

World English Bible

“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

American Standard Version

And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And now am I their song, and I am their talke.

Darby Translation

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

Young's Literal Translation

And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.

Bible in Basic English

And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.

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Cross references

“am I”

Job 17:6 Lamentations 3:63 Lamentations 3:14 Psalm 44:14 Psalm 35:15 Psalm 35:16

Job 17:6 · BSB

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Lamentations 3:63 · BSB

When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

Lamentations 3:14 · BSB

I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

Psalm 44:14 · BSB

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Psalm 35:15 · BSB

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Psalm 35:16 · BSB

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Also

Psalm 69:11–12 Job 12:4

Psalm 69:11–12 · BSB

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Job 12:4 · BSB

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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