Job 30:9
Modern Translations
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.

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

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

NASB 1995
"And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.

NASB 1977
“And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.

Amplified Bible
“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting; Yes, I am a byword and a laughingstock to them.

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Those worthless nobodies make up jokes and songs to disgrace me.

Good News Translation
Now they come and laugh at me; I am nothing but a joke to them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"And now they make fun of me with songs. I have become a joke 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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

New King James Version
“And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.

King James 2000 Bible
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

New Heart English Bible
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

World English Bible
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

American King James Version
And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword.

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

A Faithful Version
And now I am their song; yea, I am their byword.

Darby Bible Translation
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And now am I their song, and I am their talke.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Now am I their song, & am become their yesting stocke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now am I their songe, & am become their iestinge stocke.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And now, I have been their song, "" And I am to them for a byword.

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

Smith's Literal Translation
And now I was their song, and I to them for a by word.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And now I have been their meditation, and I have been a horror to them

Lamsa Bible
And now I am the subject of their mocking, yea, I have become a byword to them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word.
















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