Holy Scripture
Job 17:6
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“Ver.6. He hath made me, as it were, a byword of the people, and I am an example before them. This let blessed Job say in his own person, yea and in the voice of all of the Elect. For everyone that is stricken with the rod, is, as it were, 'made a byword of the people,' in that every fool, when he desires to curse anyo…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, And I am become a scorn to them.
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4For thou hast hidden their heart from wisdom; Therefore thou shalt not exalt them.
5He shall promise mischief to his companions: But their eyes have failed for their children.
— Job 17:6 —
7For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
8Wonder has seized true men upon this; And let the just rise up against the transgressor.