Job 17:2
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
Bible in Basic English
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 broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
Job 13:9Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?
Job 21:3Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
Psalms 25:13His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.
Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
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 →