6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
6 He hath made H3322 me also a byword H4914 of the people; H5971 and aforetime H6440 I was as a tabret. H8611
6 But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
6 And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
6 And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
6 "But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
6 He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
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Commentary on Job 17 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 17
In this chapter,
His friends becoming strange to him, which greatly grieved him, he makes death and the grave familiar to him, which yielded him some comfort.
Job 17:1-9
Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:-
Job 17:10-16
Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows,