Job 17:6
“He hath made me also a by-word of the people, and afore time I was as a tabret.”
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Job 17:6 Context
4For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5Hee that speaketh flattery to his friends, euen the eyes of his children shall faile. 6He hath made me also a by-word of the people, and afore time I was as a tabret. 7Mine eye also is dimme by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stirre vp himselfe against the hypocrite.
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He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
- King James Version
"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)