American Standard Version
"Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation. "
— Job 17:2, American Standard Version
“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”
“Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.”
“Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.”
“I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.”
“Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.”
“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.