Job 17:6
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
Darby Translation
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 that betrayeth friends for a prey even the eyes of his children shall fail.
7And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;
Job 30:9And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
Psalms 44:15All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Isaiah 5:12And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation 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 →