Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.

New American Standard Bible

“And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.

King James Version

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Holman Bible

Now I am mocked by their songs;
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 byword and a laughingstock 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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And now am I their song
נגינת נגינה 
N@giynah 
Usage: 14

References

Easton

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

8 They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land. 9 And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them. 10 I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.


Cross References

Job 17:6

He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.

Lamentations 3:14

I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.

Lamentations 3:63

Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.

Job 12:4

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

Psalm 35:15-16

But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

Psalm 44:14

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

Psalm 69:11-12

When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

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