Job 17:2
Surely there are mockers with me; 1 my eye must always see their provocation. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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, and my days are over; 1 the grave is ready for me. 1
3Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; 1 who else is there who will help me? 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6Her rival provoked her severely in order to irritate her, because Yahweh had closed her womb.
Job 13:9Will it be good for you when he searches you out? 1 Could you deceive him as you might deceive men? 1
Job 21:3Put up with me, and I also will speak; 1 after I have spoken, mock on. 1
Psalms 25:13His life will go along in goodness; 1 and his descendants will inherit the land. 1
Psalms 91:1He who lives in the shelter of the Most High 1 will stay in the shadow of the Almighty. 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 →