Job 17:6

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

7My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:27Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

Job 30:9And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.

Psalms 44:15\44:14\Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

Isaiah 5:12And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10

Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 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… Read the whole commentary →

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