Job 30:9
Strong's Lexicon
And now
וְ֭עַתָּה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: 1) now 1a) now 1b) in phrases

they mock me in song;
נְגִינָתָ֣ם (nə·ḡî·nā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5058: 1) music, song, taunt song 1a) music (of stringed instrument) 1b) song 1b1) taunting or mocking song

I have become
וָאֱהִ֖י (wā·’ĕ·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

a byword
לְמִלָּֽה׃ (lə·mil·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4405: 1) word, speech, utterance

among them.
לָהֶ֣ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Young's Literal Translation
And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now I am mocked by their  songs;  I have become an object of scorn to  them.

New American Standard Bible
"And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.

King James Bible
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

New Living Translation
"And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!

English Standard Version
“And now I have become their song; I am a byword to them.

New American Standard Bible
"And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.

King James Bible
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Holman Christian Standard 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!

NET Bible
"And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

American Standard Version
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.

English Revised Version
And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.

Young's Literal Translation
And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.
















Cross References
Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Job 30:8
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Psalm 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Psalm 69:12
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Lamentations 3:14
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Lamentations 3:63
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 30:7
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

Job 30:6
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
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