Job 17:6 meaning and explanation
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
Job 17:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Job is speaking, and the "He" is God. In the ancient world a byword was a name turned into a proverb or taunt, so Job's suffering has made him a public example, someone people cite when they mock.
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