Job 17:6
“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Job 17:6 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und er hat mich hingestellt zum Sprichwort der Völker, und ich bin zum Anspeien ins Angesicht.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
El me ha puesto por parábola de pueblos, y delante de ellos he sido como tamboril.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Ele tem me posto por ditado de povos, e em meu rosto é onde eles cospem.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mas Ele fez de mim um escárnio para as pessoas; elas cospem no meu rosto.
📖 Job 17:6 in Context
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
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