Job 30:9

Job 30:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
• New International Version (NIV)“And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
• 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.

Context of Job 30:9

7They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles. 8They are nameless fools, outcasts from society. “And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me! 10They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face. 11For God has cut my bowstring. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint.

Job 30:9 word by word

וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And now am I their songנְגִינָהnegîynâh negîynath · musicH5058
• yea, I am their bywordמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405

Cross-references for Job 30:9

• Job 17:6“God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.
• Psalms 35:15But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
• Psalms 44:14You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn.
• Psalms 69:12I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.
• Lamentations 3:14My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs.

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

Topics related to Job 30:9

• Persecution
• Scoffing

In the dictionaries

• Byword
• Cord
• Dissolve
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Job, Book of
• Music

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