Tree of Life Version
Job 17:2
2Surely mockers are with me, my eyes must gaze on their hostility.
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?
- New International Version (NIV)Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
- 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?
Context of Job 17:2
1“My spirit is broken, my days have cut short, the graveyard awaits me. Surely mockers are with me, my eyes must gaze on their hostility. 3“Make then a pledge for me with You. Who else would strike hands with me? 4Because You have closed their heart to understanding, therefore You will not exalt them.
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אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 17:2
- Job 12:4“I have become a laughingstock to my friend, though I called on God and He answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
- Job 13:9Would it turn out well if He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you deceive a man?
- Job 16:20My intercessor is my friend; as my eyes pour out tears to God;
- Job 21:3Bear with me as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
- Psalms 35:14I went about mourning as though for my own friend or brother. I bowed down dressed in black as though for my own mother.
- Matthew 27:39Those passing by were jeering at Him, shaking their heads
- Psalms 25:13His soul abides in goodness, and his offspring will inherit the land.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai.
- 1 Samuel 1:6Her rival would taunt her bitterly to provoke her, because Adonai had closed her womb.
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
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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
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