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Job 30:9

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And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
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  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 30:9

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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.

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

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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