Job 17:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a man people spit at.  ,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But He has made me a byword among the people, and they spit before my face.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ He makes me a popular proverb; I’m like spit in people’s faces.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.

Job 17:6 Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres,

1 Kings 9:7

I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them,  and I will reject  the temple I have sanctified for my name.  Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Job 12:4

I am a laughing-stock to my   friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughing-stock.

Job 17:2

Surely mockers surround   me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Job 30:10

They despise me and keep their distance from me; they do not hesitate to spit  in my face.

Job 30:9

Now I am mocked by their songs; I have become an object of scorn to them.

Isaiah 5:12

At their feasts they have lyre, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine. They do not perceive the  Lord’s actions, and they do not see the work of his hands.

Numbers 12:14

The Lord answered Moses, ‘If her father had merely spat in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp  for seven days;  after that she may be brought back in.’