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Job 30:9
9“And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
Job 30:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"And now I have become their song; I am a byword to them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!
Context of Job 30:9
7They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth. 8A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land. “And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. 10They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. 11Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.
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וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:9
- Job 17:6“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
- Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
- Lamentations 3:14I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
Commentaries on Job 30:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Now am I their song - I am the subject of their mirth, and serve as a proverb or by-word. They use me with every species of indignity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And now am I their song - See Job 17:6; compare Psalm 69:12, “I was the song of the drunkards;” Lamentations 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9they mock me: See also 17:6; compare with Psalm 69:12; Lamentations 3:14, 63.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Job 17:6). Strikingly similar to the derision Jesus Christ underwent (La 3:14; Psa 69:12). Here Job returns to the sentiment in Job 30:1. It is to such I am become a song of "derision."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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