Job 17:6
He made me the by-word of the people; Yea, I have become their abhorrence.
Noyes 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
5He who delivereth up his friends as a prey,—The eyes of his children shall fail.
7My eye therefore is dim with sorrow, And all my limbs are as a shadow.
Cross References
Job 30:9And now I am become their song; Yea, I am their by-word!
Psalms 44:15My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
Isaiah 5:12And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to 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 →