Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
King James Version
In Context
5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Job 30:9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Psalms 44:15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider 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 →