Parallel Verses
Amplified
“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.
New American Standard Bible
And I am
King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Holman Bible
I have become a man people spit at.
International Standard Version
"He has made me a byword among people; I'm being spit on in the face.
A Conservative Version
But he has made me a byword of the people, and they spit in my face.
American Standard Version
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Bible in Basic English
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
Darby Translation
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
Julia Smith Translation
He set me for a parable of the peoples, and I shall be one spit upon to the face.
King James 2000
He has made me also a byword of the people; and I was as one before whom men spit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.
Modern King James verseion
He has made me also a byword of the peoples; and I am one in whose face they spit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath made me as it were a byword of the common people. I am his jesting stock among them.
NET Bible
He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
New Heart English Bible
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
The Emphasized Bible
But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
Webster
He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
World English Bible
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You
5
“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.
“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.
“My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief,
And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow.
Cross References
Job 30:9
“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting;
Yes, I am a
Psalm 44:14
You make us a byword among the nations,
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Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.