Job 17:2
Weary I entreat; and what have I done? 1 And strangers have stolen my goods. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
In Context
1I perish, carried away by the wind, 1 And I seek for burial, and obtain it not. 1
3Who is this? let him join hands with me. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.
Job 13:9For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: 1 For though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him, 1
Job 21:3Raise me, and I will speak; 1 Then ye shall not laugh me to scorn. 1
Psalms 91:1A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath day. 1
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 →