Job 17:2
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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Compare
- BSB
- Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- KJV
- Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
- WEB
- Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
- ASV
- Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
- DARBY
- Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?
- BLB
- If not, mockers [are] with me, and in their provocation my eye lodges.
- ÅB
- Sannelig, spott omgir meg på alle kanter, og mitt øye må dvele ved deres trettekjære ferd.
- OTB
- Sannelig, spottere er med meg,
Og mitt øye ser på deres provokasjon. - B1930
- Sannelig, spott omgir mig på alle kanter, og mitt øie må dvele ved deres trettekjære ferd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 12:4
I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Read in contextJob 16:20
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Read in context1 Samuel 1:6–7
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Read in contextMatthew 27:39–44
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
Read in contextPsalms 35:14–16
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Read in contextJob 13:9
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Read in contextPsalms 25:13
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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