Job 17:6

He hath made me also a by-word— But they have marked me out for a by-word of the people; nay, I am even a prodigy in their sight. Heath.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath also - That is, God has done this. Also a by-word - A proverb ( משׁל mâshâl ); a term of reproach, ridicule, or scorn. lie has ex...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

He hath made me also a (g) byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. (g) God has made all the world speak of me, because of my afflicti...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 16:22 to Job 17:16 . Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must now...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

aforetime . in former times. Compare Ruth 4:7 , tabret . a drum. Hebrew. topheth. To the sound and warning of which people gave heed. See note...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. He hath made me also a by-word - My afflictions and calamities have bec...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. He - God. The poet reverentially suppresses the name of God whe...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Fourth Speech (concluded) 1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the future, for his friends have failed him, an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He hath made me ] Render, 'I am made.' And aforetime , etc.] RV 'And I am become an open abhorring.' 8, 9. The upright, astonished at Job's cala...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He ( i.e., God) hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. — Or, I am become as a tabret, or drum openly, i...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" Job 16:1-22 ; Job 17:1-16 Job SPEAKS IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Bars of Sheol” Job 17:1-16 Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9 He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if onl...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was no "wise...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. (5) He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eye...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath made me also a byword of the people ,.... Either Eliphaz, or God; for whatsoever befell him, whether more immediately by the hand of God, or...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. Ver. 6. He hath made me also a byword of the people ] Here Job retur...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He That is, God, who is generally designed by this pronoun in this book; hath made me also a by-word of the people Or, a proverb, or subject of c...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in contrast to what...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He, i.e. God, who is oft designed by this pronoun in this book. A by-word, or proverb , or common talk . My calamities are so great and prodigi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Bemoans his dying condition ( Job 17:1 ). “My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is de...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 17:1-18 The general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-18 . It is occupi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Complains of his Weakness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He hath made me also a byword of the people, God had set him as a proverb before the whole world, the name of Job suggested to the minds of men every...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:7 ; Genesis 31:27 ; Isaiah 5:12 ; Job 30:9 ; Psalms 44:14

⁶ He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetimec I was as a tabret.

Related Commentaries of Job 17:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 17:6