Job 17:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

Young's Literal Translation
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

King James Bible
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Hebrew
He has made me
וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי (wə·hiṣ·ṣi·ḡa·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3322: To place permanently

a byword
לִמְשֹׁ֣ל (lim·šōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4914: A satire

to the people;
עַמִּ֑ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

I am the one
אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in whose face
לְפָנִ֣ים (lə·p̄ā·nîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

they spit.
וְתֹ֖פֶת (wə·ṯō·p̄eṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8611: A smiting, contempt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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