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.

11 Because that God hath loosed my [b]cord and humbled me, [c]they have loosed the bridle before me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:9 They make songs of me, and mock at my misery.
  2. Job 30:11 God hath taken from me the force, credit, and authority wherewith I kept them in subjection.
  3. Job 30:11 He said that the young men when they saw him, hid themselves, as Job 29:8, and now in his misery they were impudent and licentious.

“And now those young men mock me(A) in song;(B)
    I have become a byword(C) among them.
10 They detest me(D) and keep their distance;
    they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(E)
11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(F) and afflicted me,(G)
    they throw off restraint(H) in my presence.

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