6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.


In Context

3 Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.

4 Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.

5 He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.

6 He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

7 My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

8 The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

Job 17:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:6"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become an open abhorring.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6|But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:6And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:6He has made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.