KJV King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
WEB World English Bible
“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
ASV American Standard Version
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Surrounding context — Job 17
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
8 Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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Cross-references
Psalm 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.Job 30:9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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