Job 17:2 “Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.”

Job 17:2

Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

American Standard Version

Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

Geneva Bible 1599

There are none but mockers with mee, and mine eye continueth in their bitternesse.

Darby Translation

Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?

Young's Literal Translation

If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

Bible in Basic English

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

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Cross references

“mockers”

Job 12:4 Job 16:20 Matthew 27:39–44 Job 13:9 Job 21:3 Psalm 35:14–16

Job 12:4 · BSB

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Job 16:20 · BSB

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Matthew 27:39–44 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

Job 13:9 · BSB

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Job 21:3 · BSB

Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

Psalm 35:14–16 · BSB

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

“continue”

Psalm 25:13 Psalm 91:1

Psalm 25:13 · BSB

His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

Psalm 91:1 · BSB

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

“provocation”

1 Samuel 1:6 1 Samuel 1:7

1 Samuel 1:6 · BSB

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

1 Samuel 1:7 · BSB

And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

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