“And now I have become their [a](A)taunt,
And I have become a [b](B)byword to them.
10 They loathe me and stand aloof from me,
And they do not [c]refrain from (C)spitting in my face.
11 Because He has undone [d]my [e]bowstring and (D)afflicted me,
They have cast off (E)the bridle before me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:9 Lit song
  2. Job 30:9 I.e., prob. a word of insult
  3. Job 30:10 Lit withhold spit from my face
  4. Job 30:11 Some mss His
  5. Job 30:11 Or cord

“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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