Job 17:6
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
In Context
5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
Job 30:9And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
Psalms 44:15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work 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 →