They were the children of fools, and the children of villains, which were more vile than the earth.

And now am I their [a]song, and I am their talk.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:9 They make songs of me, and mock at my misery.

A base and nameless brood,(A)
    they were driven out of the land.(B)

“And now those young men mock me(C) in song;(D)
    I have become a byword(E) among them.
10 They detest me(F) and keep their distance;
    they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(G)

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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.

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

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