Job 17:6
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Young's Literal Translation
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 a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
7And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,
Job 30:9And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.
Psalms 44:15All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
Isaiah 5:12And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.
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 →