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Job Chapter 17 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Job 17:6

But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
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BBE Job 17:6

He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
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DARBY Job 17:6

And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
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KJV Job 17:6

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

He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
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WEB Job 17:6

"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
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YLT Job 17:6

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - He hath made me also a byword of the people. God, by the unprecedented character of his afflictions, has made Job a byword among the surrounding nations - a byword, that is, for an afflicted person. Job, by the manner in which he bore his afflictions, made himself a byword for patience and endurance among God's people throughout all ages (see James 5:11). And aforetime I was as a tabret; rather, I am become an abomination before them; or, as our Revisers translate, 1 am become an open abhorring (comp. Job 30:10).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) He (i.e., God) hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.--Or, I am become as a tabret, or drum openly, i.e., a signal of warning. "My case will be fraught with warning for others." But some render it, "I am become an open abhorrence, or one in whose face they spit." The general meaning is perfectly clear, though the way it may be expressed varies.