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 · 2000And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
Context
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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