2Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.


In Context

1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

2 Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.

3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?

4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Job 17:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:2Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2Are there not mockers around me? and doth not mine eye abide in their provocation?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2If not — mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2Are there not mockers with me? and does not my eye continue in their provocation?