Job 17:6
What does Job 17:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 17:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 30:9
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
- Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
- Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee 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;
- 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, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Isaiah 5:12
And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
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