1 Kings 9:7; Genesis 31:27; Isaiah 5:12; Job 30:9; Psalms 44:14
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. B. C. 1520....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Job Complains of his Weakness
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...
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetimec I was as a tabret.