Job 17:6

Job 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
• New International Version (NIV)“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But He has made me a byword of the people, And I have become one in whose face men spit.

Context of Job 17:6

4But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me]. 5He 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. 7My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief, And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow. 8The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this, And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

Job 17:6 word by word

וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath madeיָצַגyâtsag · to setH3322
• me also a bywordמְשֹׁלmeshôl · bywordH4914
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and aforetimeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• I was as a tabretתֹּ֫פֶתtôpheth · spitH8611

Cross-references for Job 17:6

• Job 30:9“And now I have become [the subject of] their taunting; Yes, I am a byword and a laughingstock to them.
• 1 Kings 9:7then 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.
• Psalms 44:14You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the people.
• Genesis 31:27Why 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?
• Isaiah 5:12They 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.

Commentaries on Job 17:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He hath made me also a by-word - My afflictions and calamities have become a subject of general conversation, so that my poverty and affliction are proverbial. As poor as Job, As afflicted as Job, are proverbs that have even reached our times and are still in use. Aforetime I was as a tabret - This is not the translation of the Hebrew אהיה לפנים ותפת vethopheth lephanim eheyeh . Instead of לפנים lephanim, I would read לפניהם liphneghem, and then the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He hath also - That is, God has done this. Also a by-word - A proverb (משׁל mâshâl ); a term of reproach, ridicule, or scorn. lie has exposed me to derision. And aforetime - Margin “before them.” The margin is the correct translation of the Hebrew, פנים pânı̂ym It means, in their presence, or in their view. I was as a tabret - This is an unhappy translation. The true meaning is,” I am become their “abhorrence,” or am to them an object of contempt.”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Spitting in someone's face was more insulting than a slap because it made the person ceremonially unclean (16:10; Numbers 12:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He--God. The poet reverentially suppresses the name of God when speaking of calamities inflicted. by-word--(De 28:37; Psa 69:11). My awful punishment makes my name execrated everywhere, as if I must have been superlatively bad to have earned it. aforetime ... tabret--as David was honored (1Sa 18:6). Rather from a different Hebrew root, "I am treated to my face as an object of disgust," literally, "an object to be spit upon in the face" (Nu 12:14). So…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold
• Tabret
• Byword
• Make, Maker

Commentaries on Job 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings