Job 30:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Job 30:9

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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.

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Job 30:1

"But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}"

Job 30:2

"Yea, whereto {might} the strength of their hands {profit} me, in whom old age was perished?"

Job 30:3

"For want and famine {they were} solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. {solitary: or, dark as the night} {in...: Heb. yesternight}"

Job 30:4

"Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots {for} their meat."

Job 30:5

"They were driven forth from among {men}, (they cried after them as {after} a thief;)"

Job 30:6

"To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, {in} caves of the earth, and {in} the rocks. {caves: Heb. holes}"

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