Parallel Verses
Amplified
“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting;
Yes, I am a
New American Standard Bible
I have even become a
King James Version
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Holman Bible
I have become an object of scorn to them.
International Standard Version
"Now, I've become the object of their mocking melodies; I'm nothing but a fool's proverb to them!
A Conservative Version
And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.
American Standard Version
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
Bible in Basic English
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
Darby Translation
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
Julia Smith Translation
And now I was their song, and I to them for a by word.
King James 2000
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them.
Modern King James verseion
And now I am their song; yea, I am their byword.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now am I their song, and am become their jesting stock;
NET Bible
"And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
New Heart English Bible
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
The Emphasized Bible
But, now, their song, have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword;
Webster
And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.
World English Bible
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.
Interlinear
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
8
“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,
They have been driven out of the land.
“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting;
Yes, I am a
“They hate me, they stand aloof from me,
And do not refrain from spitting in my face.
Names
Cross References
Job 17:6
“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.
Lamentations 3:63
Look at their sitting and their rising [their actions and secret counsels];
I am their mocking song [the subject of their ridicule].
Job 12:4
“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].
Psalm 35:15-16
But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
Psalm 44:14
You make us a byword among the nations,
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Psalm 69:11-12
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.