Job 17:6
He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 30:9 : 9 Job’s Indignities“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
- Ps 44:14 : 14 You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.
- Isa 5:12 : 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.
- Gen 31:27 : 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 Kgs 9:7 : 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.
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14 I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.
15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.
16 ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
17 I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
- Job 30:9-102 verses80%
9 Job’s Indignities“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.
10 They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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7 My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
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11 I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
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7 Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
8 You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
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10 People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
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- Ps 22:6-72 verses76%
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11 He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
- Ps 31:11-122 verses75%
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3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
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14 You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.
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11 Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
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15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
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15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
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31 My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.
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20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
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13 Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
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2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.
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21 ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!