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Job 30:9–10

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9“And now I have become their mocking asong;

I have even become a btaunting word to them.

10“They abhor me and keep a distance from me,

And they do not 1hold back from aspitting at my face.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit withhold spit from my face

Cross references

  1. aJob 12:4
  2. bJob 17:6; Ps 69:11; Lam 3:14, 63
  3. aNum 12:14; Deut 25:9; Job 17:6; Is 50:6; Matt 26:67

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“And now I have become their song;

I am a byword to them.

They abhor me; they keep aloof from me;

they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“And now those young men mock me in song;

I have become a byword among them.

They detest me and keep their distance;

they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now I am mocked by their songs;

I have become an object of scorn to them.

They despise me and keep their distance from me;

they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

NLTNew Living Translation

“And now they mock me with vulgar songs!

They taunt me!

They despise me and won’t come near me,

except to spit in my face.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But now I am their mocking song,

and I have become a byword for them.

They abhor me; they keep aloof from me,

and they do not withhold spit from my face

KJV 1900King James Version

And now am I their song,

Yea, I am their byword.

They abhor me, they flee far from me,

And spare not to spit in my face.