He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
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Gill's Exposition
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 by any instrument, the ascribes it to him, as being…
Barnes' Notes
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 exposed me to derision. And aforetime - Margin “before them.” The…
Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble; but we may reduce what is here said to three heads: -
I.…
Cambridge Bible
This verse reads,
I am made also a byeword or the peoples,
And am become one to be spit on in the face.
The words, I am mademight mean, as A.V., He hath made me, the reference being to God.…
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