Job 30:9
7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
8 A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
10 They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11 Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
- KJV
- And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
- WEB
- “Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
- ASV
- And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
- DARBY
- And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
- BLB
- And now I have become their song, and I have become a byword among them.
- ÅB
- Og nå er jeg blitt til en spottesang og et ordspråk for dem.
- OTB
- Og nå har jeg blitt deres spott,
og jeg har blitt et ordtak for dem. - B1930
- Og nu er jeg blitt til en spottesang og et ordsprog for dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 17:6
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Read in contextLamentations 3:63
When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
Read in contextLamentations 3:14
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
Read in contextPsalms 35:15–16
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Read in contextPsalms 69:11–12
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
Read in contextJob 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Read in contextPsalms 44:14
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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