Job 17:6
And he hath placed me here as a by-word unto nations; and I become openly as a place of abomination.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
In Context
5Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.
7Therefore is my eye dim from vexation, and my limbs are all of them like a shadow.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and why didst thou not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Job 30:9But now I am become their song, and I am become a byword unto them.
Psalms 44:15(44:16) All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
Isaiah 5:12And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.
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 →