Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 17:6
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Berean Standard Bible
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
World English Bible
“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
American Standard Version
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 17
4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
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