He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
He hath made {H3322} me also a byword {H4914} of the people {H5971}; and aforetime {H6440} I was as a tabret {H8611}.
"He has made me a byword among the peoples, a creature in whose face they spit.
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
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Job 30:9
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. -
Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. -
Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? -
1 Kings 9:7
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: -
Isaiah 5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.