Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
KJV
Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi, et exemplum sum coram eis.
Vulgate
ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσιν, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην·
LXX
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
ASV
וְֽ֭/הִצִּגַ/נִי לִ/מְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְ/תֹ֖פֶת לְ/פָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּצִּ֣יגוּ
ytsygv
verb · 17×
מְשֹׁ֣ל
mshl
verb · 1×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
תֹ֖פֶת
tpt
noun · 1×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 12:4 — I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- Job 30:9 — And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
- Job 30:9 — And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
- Ps 44:14 — Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- Ps 44:14 — Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- Ps 69:11 — I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.