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LXX

Job 17:6

But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
But you have made me a byword among the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
World English Bible

Cross References

Psalms 44:14Job 30:9Isaiah 5:12Genesis 31:271 Kings 9:7

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