Job 17:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 17:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 17:6 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 17:6 — KJV
“He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them”
— Job 17:6 (KJV)
Job 17:6 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 17:6
“And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:6: hath, also, people
“And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.”
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“Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:”
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“And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:6: hath, also, people
“Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:6: hath, made, also
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