Job 17:2
Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival used even to cause her great vexation, for the sake of provoking her,—because Yahweh had restrained her from having children.
Job 13:9Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?
Job 21:3Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!
Psalms 25:13His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry,
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 →