Job 17:2

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?continue: Heb. lodge

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.

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WLC

אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
• Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
• 1 Samuel 1:6–7Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously. And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept…
• Matthew 27:39–44And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”…
• Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
• Psalms 35:14–16I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother. But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know…
• Job 13:9Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
• Psalms 25:13His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

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