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Job 30:9

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

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And now am I their song,.... The subject of their song, of whom they sung ballads about the streets, in public places,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

And now am I their song - See Job 17:6; compare Psa 69:12, “I was the song of the drunkards;” Lam 3:14, “I was a…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 30:1-14

Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 30:9-10

Job's treatment now at the hands of these outcasts.

With "spit in my face" comp. ch. Job 17:6. In ch. 24. Job referred…