Job 17:6

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

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Other Translations for Job 17:6

BSB
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
AKJV
He has made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
CPDV
He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
ERV
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become an open abhorring.
NHEB
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
SMT
He set me for a parable of the peoples, and I shall be one spit upon to the face.

Commentary for Job 17:6

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry
Overview of Job 17:6
Summary
Reduced from respectability to public spectacle
Event
Becoming target of ridicule
Estimated Time Period
c. 2000 BC
Category
Lament