King James Version

Job 30:9

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

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וְ֭עַתָּהveatahand this timeעַתָּהconjunction, adverb — “and this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.נְגִינָתָ֣םneginatamstringed instrumentנְגִינָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “stringed instrument”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5058properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigramstringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.הָיִ֑יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.וָאֱהִ֖יvaehiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶ֣םlahemtoלָהֶ֣םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלְמִלָּֽהlemilahto wordמִלָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to word”, the ordinary formH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.

World English Bible

“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

Darby Translation

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

Douay-Rheims

Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλλημα ἔχουσιν.