Job 17:6

World English Bible (2000)

"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:9 : 9 "Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don't respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
  • Gen 31:27 : 27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine 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 made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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    14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

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  • Job 30:9-10
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    9"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.

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  • Job 17:7
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    7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

  • Ps 69:11-12
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    11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

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    8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

    9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

    10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

    11God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.

  • Ps 22:6-7
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    76%

    6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

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  • Lam 3:11
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    11He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Ps 31:11-12
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    11Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

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    3Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.

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    6He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

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    25I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

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  • Job 30:19
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  • Ps 44:14
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    14You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

  • Job 19:11
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    11He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

  • Ps 35:15
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  • Job 19:9
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    9He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 19:18-19
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    18Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

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    31Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

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