“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
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“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 1–14
Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause have men to be ambitious or proud of that which may be so easily lost, and what little confidence is to be put in it! We should not be cast down if we are despised, reviled, and hated by wicked men. We should look to Jesus, who endured the contradiction of sinners.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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