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Job 17:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Job 17:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 “Like a man who invites others to dine with him,
while the eyes of his children are failing,[a]
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.
Footnotes
- Job 17:5 This verse is a kind of proverb; i.e., those who concern themselves with others when everything is amiss in their own home are regarded as a joke by people.