Job 17:6

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

Cross-reference

Job 30:9 Parallel

In Job 30:9, Job repeats the same lament of being a byword — reinforcing his social rejection.

Job 12:4 Parallel

Job 12:4 directly parallels being a laughingstock to friends — the same complaint of being a byword here.