Job 30:9

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And now I have become their taunt; I am a byword among them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:6 : 6 He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.
  • Lam 3:63 : 63 Look at their sitting and their rising; I am the subject of their mocking song.
  • Lam 3:14 : 14 I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.
  • Ps 69:11-12 : 11 I wept and fasted, but it brought reproach on me. 12 I wore sackcloth as my clothing and became a byword to them.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"
  • Ps 35:15-16 : 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing. 16 Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 17:6
    80%

    6He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.

  • Lam 3:14
    80%

    14I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.

  • Job 30:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10They detest me and keep far from me; they do not refrain from spitting in my face.

    11Because God has loosened my cord and afflicted me, they throw off all restraint in my presence.

    12On my right-hand side, the mob rises up; they push away my feet and build up their ways of destruction against me.

  • Ps 69:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11I wept and fasted, but it brought reproach on me.

    12I wore sackcloth as my clothing and became a byword to them.

  • Ps 31:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11My life is consumed with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away.

    12I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.

    13I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.

  • Ps 109:25
    74%

    25I am an object of scorn to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.

  • Job 19:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Even little children despise me; when I rise, they speak against me.

    19All my close friends abhor me, and those I loved have turned against me.

  • Job 30:8
    73%

    8They are sons of fools, nameless men, driven out from the land.

  • Ps 22:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6To you they cried out and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

    7But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

  • Lam 3:63
    73%

    63Look at their sitting and their rising; I am the subject of their mocking song.

  • Job 30:19
    73%

    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • Job 30:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1But now, those younger than I mock me—people whose fathers I would have refused to place with my sheepdogs.

    2Even the strength of their hands is useless to me; their vigor has perished.

  • Job 16:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

  • Ps 35:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.

    16Like godless mockers at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

  • Ps 102:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.

    9All day long my enemies taunt me; those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.

  • Job 19:3
    70%

    3You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.

  • Ps 69:8
    69%

    8For I have endured insult for your sake, and shame has covered my face.

  • Job 30:29-31
    3 verses
    69%

    29I am a brother to jackals and a companion to ostriches.

    30My skin grows black and peels off, and my bones burn with fever.

    31My harp is turned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

  • Jer 20:10
    69%

    10I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

  • Job 9:31
    69%

    31You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.

  • Ps 39:10
    69%

    10I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • Job 19:9
    69%

    9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

  • Job 12:4
    69%

    4"I have become a laughingstock to my friends, I who called on God and He answered me, a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!"

  • Ps 38:16
    69%

    16For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

  • Ps 88:8
    69%

    8Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah.

  • Jer 20:8
    69%

    8Whenever I speak, I cry out, proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long.

  • Jer 11:19
    68%

    19I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’

  • Ps 55:3
    68%

    3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

  • Ps 35:26
    68%

    26Let those who rejoice at my distress be ashamed and disgraced together; let those who exalt themselves over me wear shame and dishonor.

  • Ps 35:21
    68%

    21They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!'

  • Job 30:16
    68%

    16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

  • Ps 79:4
    68%

    4We have become an object of scorn to our neighbors, mocked and ridiculed by those around us.

  • Lam 3:11
    68%

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Ps 22:13
    68%

    13Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

  • Ps 40:15
    68%

    15Let those who seek to take my life be put to shame and confounded together. Let those who desire my harm be driven back and disgraced.

  • Lam 3:1
    67%

    1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.