Job 30:9

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

Job 30:9 · King James Version

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In other versions

And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
ASV
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
BBE
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
DBY
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
WEB
And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.
YLT
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
ENG
And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.
WBT
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
BSB

In context

⁷Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

⁸They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

⁹And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

¹⁰They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

¹¹Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

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