NET Bible
"He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit."
— Job 17:6, NET Bible
“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 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.”
Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?
Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.
He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.