Job 17:2
There are none but mockers with mee, and mine eye continueth in their bitternesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
In Context
1My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, and the graue is readie for me.
3Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her aduersarie vexed her sore, forasmuch as she vpbraided her, because the Lord had made her barren.
Job 13:9Is it well that he shoulde seeke of you? will you make a lye for him, as one lyeth for a man?
Job 21:3Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.
Psalms 25:13His soule shall dwell at ease, and his seede shall inherite the land.
Psalms 91:1Who so dwelleth in the secrete of the most High, shall abide in the shadowe of the Almightie.
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 →