Job 17:6

New International Reader's Version

“God has made an example of me. People spit in my face.

Cross References

Genesis 31:27

Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps.

1 Kings 9:7

Then I will remove Israel from the land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. Then Israel will be hated by all the nations. They will laugh and joke about Israel.

Job 12:4

“My friends laugh at me all the time, even though I called out to God and he answered. My friends laugh at me, even though I’m honest and right.

Job 17:2

People who make fun of me are all around me. I’m forced to watch as they attack me with their words.

Job 30:10

They hate me. They stay away from me. They even dare to spit in my face.

Job 30:9

“Now their children laugh at me. They make fun of me with their songs.

Psalm 44:14

The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.

Psalm 44:15

All day long I have to live with my shame. My face is covered with it.

Psalm 69:11

When I put on rough clothing to show how sad I am, people make jokes about me.

Isaiah 5:12

They have harps and lyres at their banquets. They have tambourines, flutes and wine. But they don’t have any concern for the mighty acts of the Lord. They don’t have any respect for what his power has done.

Numbers 12:14

The Lord answered Moses. He said, “Suppose her father had spit in her face. Then she would have been put to shame for seven days. So keep her outside the camp for seven days. After that, you can bring her back.”