Job 17:2
Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
In Context
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.
3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself. Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb.
Job 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?
Job 21:3Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
Psalms 25:13His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 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. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →