Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
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.
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 have faded out, the grave awaits me. 2 Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. 3 Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.
Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered -- a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
Job 13:9
Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
Job 16:20
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
Job 21:3
Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.
Psalm 25:13
They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.
Psalm 35:14-16
I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
Psalm 91:1
As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --
Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads