Job 17:6
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He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
In other translations
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Job 30:9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
- Psalm 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
- Isaiah 5:12And 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.At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- 1 Kings 9:7Then 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:then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
- Genesis 31:27Wherefore 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?Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
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