Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And my eye
King James Version
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Holman Bible
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
International Standard Version
Mockers surround me; I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.
A Conservative Version
Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.
American Standard Version
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
Amplified
“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,
And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.
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.
Darby Translation
Are there not mockers around me? and doth not mine eye abide in their provocation?
Julia Smith Translation
If not mockings with me? and shall not mine eye lodge in their bitterness?
King James 2000
Are there not mockers with me? and does not my eye continue in their provocation?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Surely} mockery [is] with me, and my eye {rests} on their provocation.
Modern King James verseion
Are not mockeries with me? Yea, my eye rests on their insults.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Froward men are with me, and mine eye must continue in the bitterness of them.
NET Bible
Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
New Heart English Bible
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
The Emphasized Bible
Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
Webster
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
World English Bible
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
Youngs Literal Translation
If not -- mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fifth Speech, Continued
1
My breath is corrupt, my days are cut off, and the grave is ready for me.
2
And my eye
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
And her rival provoked her to anger and sorrow because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Job 12:4
He who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect man is laughed to scorn.
Job 13:9
Would it be good for him to search you out? As one man mocks another, do ye so mock him?
Job 16:20
Those who dispute with me are my friends, but my eyes shall pour out tears unto God.
Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
Psalm 25:13
Mem His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalm 35:14-16
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.
Psalm 91:1
He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew 27:39-44
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads