en_tn_condensed/job/30/09.md

# Connecting Statement:

Job speaks again about the people who were mocking him.

# But now I have become the subject of their taunting song

The abstract noun "song" can be expressed with the verb "sing." Alternate translation: "But now they sing songs about me to taunt me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])

# I have become a byword for them

Here "byword" is a metonym for the person about whom people make cruel jokes. Alternate translation: "I am now one whom they make cruel jokes about" or "They joke and say cruel things about me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Job speaks again about the people who were mocking him.`

Fixed mismatched snippets. 2017-11-09 15:16:56 +00:00			`# But now I have become the subject of their taunting song`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The abstract noun "song" can be expressed with the verb "sing." Alternate translation: "But now they sing songs about me to taunt me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Fixed mismatched snippets. 2017-11-09 15:16:56 +00:00			`# I have become a byword for them`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "byword" is a metonym for the person about whom people make cruel jokes. Alternate translation: "I am now one whom they make cruel jokes about" or "They joke and say cruel things about me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00