Job 17:2

Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they ◄taunt/make fun of► me.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

In Context

1“My ◄life/time to live► is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.

3“God, it is as though I am in prison; please pay the money in order that I may be released, because there is certainly no one else who will help me.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:6And his other wife, Peninnah, would ridicule Hannah to make her feel miserable, because Yahweh had not allowed her to bear children.

Job 13:9If he looks closely, will he find that everything that you have done is good? Or can you deceive him, like you deceive other people?

Job 21:3Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.

Psalms 25:13They will always be prosperous, and their descendants will continue to live in this land.

Psalms 91:1Those who live under the protection of God Almighty, will be able to rest safely under his care.

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 →

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