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Job 30:8–9

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They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
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From verse 8

  1. Proverbs 16:22Rank 1 from verse 8
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  2. Isaiah 32:6Rank 2 from verse 8
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    6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

  3. Jeremiah 7:18Rank 3 from verse 8
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    18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

  4. Job 40:4Rank 4 from verse 8
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    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

  5. Mark 6:24Rank 5 from verse 8
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    24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

From verse 9

  1. Job 17:6Rank 1 from verse 9
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    6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

  2. Lamentations 3:63Rank 2 from verse 9
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    63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

  3. Lamentations 3:14Rank 3 from verse 9
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    14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

  4. Job 12:4Rank 4 from verse 9
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    4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  5. Psalms 35:15–16Rank 5 from verse 9
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    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

    16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

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Job 30:8

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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fools

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Persons lacking wisdom or sound judgment, especially in moral or spiritual conduct.

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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COMBINED MEANING

base

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Sense 1: Low in place, rank, condition, or character. Sense 2: A foundation or lower supporting part.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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Job 30:9

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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byword

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A saying, name, or example repeatedly spoken among people, especially as an object of reproach, scorn, warning, or astonishment.

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

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

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9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

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10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

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