Job 17:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 17:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 17:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? continue: Heb. lodge" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 17:2 — KJV
“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? continue: Heb. lodge”
— Job 17:2 (KJV)
Job 17:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 17:2
“Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. pleaseth...: Heb. is right in mine eyes”
Shares key themes with Job 17:2: mine, eye, heb
“And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. in the flower...: Heb. men”
Shares key themes with Job 17:2: mine, eye, heb
“Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. bribe: Heb. ransom to blind...: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him”
Shares key themes with Job 17:2: mine, eye, heb
“And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Thinkest...: Heb. In thine eyes doth David”
Shares key themes with Job 17:2: doth, eye, heb
“It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye”
Shares key themes with Job 17:2: mine, eye, heb
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