Verse Comparison: Job 17:6
American Standard Version
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
Amplified® Bible
But He has made me a byword among the people, and they spit before my face.
Contemporary English Version
You, God, are the reason I am insulted and spit on.
Darby English Version
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
Good News Bible
And now people use this proverb against me; they come and spit in my face.
King James Version
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
New American Standard Bible
"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
New International Version
"God has made me a byword to everyone,
a man in whose face people spit.
New King James Version
“But He has made me a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But He has made me a byword of the people, And men spit at me.
Revised Standard Version
"He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
Young's Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
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