Job 17:6
He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why wouldst thou run away privately and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with timbrels, and with harps?
Job 30:9Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
Psalms 44:15Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.
Isaiah 5:12The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, 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 →