But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XVII. In this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man ( ver. 1 ), he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for him, and right him,…