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


In Context

3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

4 For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

5 For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

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

7 And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

8 Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

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 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.