Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
New American Standard Bible
And I am
King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Holman Bible
I have become a man people spit at.
International Standard Version
"He has made me a byword among people; I'm being spit on in the face.
A Conservative Version
But he has made me a byword of the people, and they spit in my face.
American Standard Version
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Amplified
“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.
Bible in Basic English
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
Darby Translation
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
Julia Smith Translation
He set me for a parable of the peoples, and I shall be one spit upon to the face.
King James 2000
He has made me also a byword of the people; and I was as one before whom men spit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.
Modern King James verseion
He has made me also a byword of the peoples; and I am one in whose face they spit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath made me as it were a byword of the common people. I am his jesting stock among them.
New Heart English Bible
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
The Emphasized Bible
But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
Webster
He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
World English Bible
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You
5 If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail. 6 He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit. 7 My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Cross References
Job 30:9
"And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
Psalm 44:14
You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?
1 Kings 9:7
then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.
Isaiah 5:12
They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.