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 spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.
2
And my eye
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.
Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Job 13:9
Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
Job 16:20
My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,
Job 21:3
Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
Psalm 25:13
His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
Psalm 35:14-16
I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew 27:39-44
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads