And now I am their song; indeed, I have become a byword for them, expressing the bitter paradox that Job, formerly honored and deferred to, has become subject matter for the ridicule of the lowest members of society. The becoming of a song suggests that Job's affliction has provided the mockers with material for ridicule and mockery. The becoming a byword suggests that Job has become a proverbial symbol of shame or misfortune. The verse expresses the humiliation of reversal: the honored now mocked by the despised.

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