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Job 17:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation. "
Job 17:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
1 “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.
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Job 17:1
"“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me."
Job 17:3
"“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?"
Job 17:4
"For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them."
Job 17:5
"He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail."
Job 17:6
"“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face."
Job 17:7
"My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow."
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