Job 17:6
King James Version (KJV)
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
In context
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.
Job 17:6 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
- WEB World English Bible
- “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.