Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them.
New American Standard Bible
I have even become a
King James Version
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Holman Bible
I have become an object of scorn to them.
International Standard Version
"Now, I've become the object of their mocking melodies; I'm nothing but a fool's proverb to them!
A Conservative Version
And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.
American Standard Version
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
Amplified
“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting;
Yes, I am a
Bible in Basic English
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
Darby Translation
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
Julia Smith Translation
And now I was their song, and I to them for a by word.
King James 2000
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Modern King James verseion
And now I am their song; yea, I am their byword.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now am I their song, and am become their jesting stock;
NET Bible
"And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
New Heart English Bible
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
The Emphasized Bible
But, now, their song, have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword;
Webster
And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.
World English Bible
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.
Interlinear
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
8 {A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land. 9 "But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them. 10 They abhor me; they keep aloof from me, and they do not withhold spit from my face
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Cross References
Job 17:6
"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become a laughingstock for all the people, their mocking song all day long.
Lamentations 3:63
Look at their sitting and their standing, I [am] their mocking song.
Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends: '[He] calls on God, and he answers him.' A righteous, blameless man [is] a laughingstock.
Psalm 35:15-16
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.
Psalm 44:14
You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of [the] head among [the] peoples.
Psalm 69:11-12
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became for them a byword.