Job 17:6 “He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spi…”

Job 17:6

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

World English Bible

“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

American Standard Version

But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them.

Darby Translation

And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

Young's Literal Translation

And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

Bible in Basic English

He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.

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Cross references

“a by-word”

Job 30:9 Psalm 44:14 1 Kings 9:7

Job 30:9 · BSB

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Psalm 44:14 · BSB

You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

1 Kings 9:7 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

“as a tabret”

Genesis 31:27 Isaiah 5:12

Genesis 31:27 · BSB

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Isaiah 5:12 · BSB

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

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