Job 17:6
He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
In Context
5He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.
7My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?
Job 30:9Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.
Psalms 44:15clothed all around with diversities. After her, virgins will be led to the king. Her neighbors will be brought to you.
Isaiah 5:12Harp and lyre and timbrel and pipe, as well as wine, are at your feasts. But you do not respect the work of the Lord, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
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 →