Job 17:2

Job 17:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

Context of Job 17:2

1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. 3“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me? 4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

Job 17:2 word by word

אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• not mockersהֲתֻלִֿיםhâthôl · mockeryH2049
• with me? and doth not mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• continueלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• in their provocationמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784

Cross-references for Job 17:2

• Job 12:4“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
• Job 13:9Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?
• Job 16:20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
• Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
• Psalms 35:14I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.
• Matthew 27:39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads
• Psalms 25:13They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.
• Psalms 91:1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
• 1 Samuel 1:6Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.

Commentaries on Job 17:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Are there not mockers with me? - This has been variously translated. The Vulgate: "I have not sinned, and yet my eye dwells upon afflictions." Septuagint: "I conjure you, laboring under afflictions, what evil have I done? Yet strangers have robbed me of my substance." Mr. Good: "But are not revilers before me? Alas, mine eye penetrateth their rebukes." Calmet thinks the Hebrew might be translated thus: "If I have not been united in friendship with the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? - Margin “lodge.” This is the meaning of the Hebrew word used here - נלן tālan It properly denotes to pass the night or to lodge in a place, as distinguished from a permanent residence. The idea here seems to be, that his eye “rested” on their provocations. It remained fixed on them. It was not a mere glance, a passing notice, but was such a view as resulted from a careful observation. It was not such…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2mockers surround me: songs of grief (laments) often describe making fun of someone as how evil people respond to the suffering of righteous people (Psalms 22:7; 69:10–12; 89:50–52). In wisdom literature, people make fun of right behavior (Proverbs 1:22; 9:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Umbreit, more emphatically, "had I only not to endure mockery, in the midst of their contentions I (mine eye) would remain quiet." eye continue--Hebrew, "tarry all night"; a figure taken from sleep at night, to express undisturbed rest; opposed to (Job 16:20), when the eye of Job is represented as pouring out tears to God without rest.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 17:2

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Extinct
• Hold
• Mock; Mocker; Mocking

Commentaries on Job 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings