Job 17:6
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He has made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

a by-word

Job 30:9 And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword.

1 Kings 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name...

Psalm 44:14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

aforetime. or, before them. as a tabret

Genesis 31:27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs...

Isaiah 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a man people spit at.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"He has made me a byword among people; I'm being spit on in the face.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He has made me also a byword of the people; and I was as one before whom men spit.

American King James Version
He has made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

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

English Revised Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become an open abhorring.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.

World English Bible
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

Young's Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

Numbers 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.


Job 12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Job 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job 30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Job 30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Psalm 44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Psalm 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a man people spit  at .    —HCSB

"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit. —NASB

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


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Job Chapter 17 Verse 6

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