Job 17:6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.In other versions
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
ASV
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
BBE
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
DBY
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
WEB
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
YLT
He has made me also a byword of the people; and in old times I was as a timbrel.
ENG
He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
WBT
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
BSB
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.