Job 17:6
“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
World English Bible Classic
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 denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
Job 30:9“Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
Psalms 44:15All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
Isaiah 5:12The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of the LORD, neither have they considered 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 →