Job 17:6
King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job 17:6 in context
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
The Book of Job — summary, themes & key verses
Faith in suffering — the ancient question of why the innocent suffer, and where God is in it.
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