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Job 17:2

Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Are there not mockers with me?.... Meaning not irreligious persons, such as make a mock at sin, a jest of religion, a…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

And doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? - Margin “lodge.” This is the meaning of the Hebrew word used here…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 17:1-9

Job's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Are there not mockers with me lit. mockery. The interrogative form is possible, but more likely the verse is a strong…