Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
King James Version
In Context
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Job 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Job 21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Psalms 25:13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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 →