Job 17:6
Strong's Lexicon
He has made me
וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי (wə·hiṣ·ṣi·ḡa·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3322: 1) to place, set, establish 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to set, place 1a2) to present 1a3) to exhibit 1b) (Hophal) to be stopped, be stayed, be detained

a byword
לִמְשֹׁ֣ל (lim·šōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4914: 1) byword

to the people;
עַמִּ֑ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

I am the one
אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

in whose face
לְפָנִ֣ים (lə·p̄ā·nîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

they spit.
וְתֹ֖פֶת (wə·ṯō·p̄eṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8611: 1) act of spitting, spit

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Young's Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

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

New American Standard Bible
"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.

King James Bible
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

New Living Translation
"God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.

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 byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.

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

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

International Standard Version
"He has made me a byword among people; I'm being spit on in the face.

NET Bible
He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

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

English Revised Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become an open abhorring.

Young's Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
















Cross References
Numbers 12:14
And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Job 30:9
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Job 30:10
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

Psalm 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Psalm 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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