King James Version
Job 30:9 in the King James Version says “And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.”
Job 30:9 · KJV
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. base: Heb. men of no name
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. and: Heb. and withhold not spittle from
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And now am I their song”
H5058properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“yea I am their byword”
H4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
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