Catholic Public Domain Version
"He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence. "
— Job 17:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.”
“ But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face. ”
“"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.”
“He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.”
“He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.”
“He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.”
“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.”
Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.
You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.
He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.
He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.
The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.