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Job 17:6

King James Version

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

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American Standard Version

But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

Christian Standard Bible

He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a man people spit at.

English Standard Version

“He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.

New American Standard Bible

“But He has made me a proverb among the people, And I am one at whom people spit.

New International Version

“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

New King James Version

“But He has made me a byword of the people, And I have become one in whose face men spit.

New Living Translation

“God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.

World English Bible

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