King James Version
Job 17:6 in the King James Version says “He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. my members: or, my thoughts
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and aforetime”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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