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Job 17:6 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 17:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 17 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them”
Job 17:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 17:6
'He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.' Job becomes a 'byword' (מָשָׁל, mashal—proverb, object lesson) of 'the people' (עַמִּים, ammim), and 'aforetime' (לְפָנִים, lefanim—formerly) people came 'as a tabret' (כְּתֹף, ketofe—like a drum/tambourine, for joy). The Hebrew is difficult but suggests Job has become a proverbial example of calamity, and people spit in his face (many translations). From respected to reviled, from joy-bringer to object lesson of disaster. This social reversal compounds suffering. Proverbs 3:35 warns that fools inherit shame. Job e...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 17:6
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“a shaking of the head among the peoples.”
“and deceive me”
“which I have made holy for my name”
“lyre”