Job 17:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:9 : 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
  • Gen 31:27 : 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
  • 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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