Job 30:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 30:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
  2. Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
  3. Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
  4. Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
  5. Psalms 69:11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
  6. Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
  7. Lamentations 3:14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
  8. Lamentations 3:63When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

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