Job 17:2
If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
In Context
1“My spirit has been destroyed, || My days extinguished—graves [are] for me.
3Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6and her rival has also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for YHWH has shut up her womb.
Job 13:9Is [it] good that He searches you, || If, as one mocks at a man, you mock at Him?
Job 21:3Bear with me, and I speak, || And after my speaking—you may deride.
Psalms 25:13His soul remains in good, || And his seed possesses the land.
Psalms 91:1He who is dwelling || In the secret place of the Most High, || Habitually lodges in the shade of the Mighty,
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 →