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 DomainASVPD
“And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 30:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
- Psalms 69:11I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
- 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.
- Lamentations 3:14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
- Lamentations 3:63When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
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