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Job 17:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Job 17:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 I have become a byword in every land,
someone people spit upon.
7 My eyes have become increasingly blinded with grief,
and all my members have been reduced to a shadow.
8 [a]The righteous are appalled at this,
and the innocent are indignant at the wicked.
Footnotes
- Job 17:8 These verses are directed at Job’s three friends, false upright men who are indignant at Job’s impiety and profit from his misery to bestow upon themselves a certificate of sainthood.