Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
If not -- mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
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.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fifth Speech, Continued
1 My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves are for me. 2 If not -- mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth. 3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.
Job 12:4
A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.
Job 13:9
Is it good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
Job 16:20
My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:
Job 21:3
Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.
Psalm 25:13
His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land.
Psalm 35:14-16
As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.
Psalm 91:1
He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,
Matthew 27:39-44
and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,