Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
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?
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 days are extinguished.
A graveyard
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Who else will be my sponsor?
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
Her rival would taunt her severely just to provoke her, because the Lord had kept Hannah from conceiving.
Job 12:4
by calling on God, who answers me.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
Job 13:9
Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
Job 16:20
as I weep before God.
Job 21:3
then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.
Psalm 25:13
and his descendants will inherit the land.
Psalm 35:14-16
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.
Psalm 91:1
The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by were yelling insults at