Job 30:9

What does Job 30:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 30:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.8They arechildren of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

v.9This passage

v.10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 12:4

    I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

  • Psalms 44:14

    Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

  • Lamentations 3:63

    Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

  • Lamentations 3:14

    I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

  • Psalms 35:15

    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Psalms 69:11

    When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

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