Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Mockers surround me; I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.
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.
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 crushed, my days are over; it's the grave for me! 2 Mockers surround me; I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night. 3 Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf. Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6-7
Now the LORD had closed her womb. Her rival would provoke her severely so that she complained loudly because the LORD had closed her womb.
Job 12:4
"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.
Job 13:9
Will things go well for you under his cross-examination? Can you lie to him, as you would to a human being?
Job 16:20
My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God,
Job 21:3
Bear with me and let me speak! Then, after I've spoken, you'll be free to mock me.
Psalm 25:13
He will experience good things; his descendants will inherit the earth.
Psalm 35:14-16
I paced about as for my friend or my brother, and fell down mourning as one weeps for one's mother.
Psalm 91:1
The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,
Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads,