King James Version

Job 17:6

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

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וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיvehitsiganiand establishיָצַגconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and establish”, a completed actionH3322to place permanentlyestablish, leave, make, present, put, set, stay.לִמְשֹׁ֣לlimsholto bywordמְשֹׁלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to byword”, the to-form of the verbH4914a satirebyword.עַמִּ֑יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.וְתֹ֖פֶתvetofetand tabretתֹּפֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and tabret”, the ordinary formH8611a smiting, i.e. (figuratively) contempttabret.לְפָנִ֣יםlefanimto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “to a- fore”, the ordinary formH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…אֶֽהְיֶֽהehyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

World English Bible

“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

Darby Translation

And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

Douay-Rheims

He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθου δέ με θρύλλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην.