Job 17:6
He has made me a byword to the people; I am the one in whose face they spit.
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a by-word

Job 30:9
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and this temple that I have sanctified for My name I will banish from My presence. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

Psalm 44:14
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

aforetime.

Genesis 31:27
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.

Isaiah 5:12
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.

Parallel Verses
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.
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