Job 17:6
Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
In Context
5For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.
7Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Wherfore diddest thou flie so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee foorth with mirth and with songs, with timbrel and with harpe?
Job 30:9And now am I their song, and I am their talke.
Psalms 44:15My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
Isaiah 5:12And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine are in their feastes: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither consider the worke of his handes.
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 →