Job 30:9
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
BSB
ASV
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
KJV
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
And now am I their song - See Job 17:6; compare Psa 69:12, “I was the song of the drunkards;” Lam 3:14, “I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.” The sense is, that they made Job and his calamities the subject of low jesting, and treated him with contempt. His name and sufferings would be introduced into their scurrilous songs to give them pith and point, and to show how much they despised him now. Yea, I am their by-word - See the notes at Job 17:6.
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Lamentations 3:63When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
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You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
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Lamentations 3:14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
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You 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.
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Job 17:6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
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You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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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.
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“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.