Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Are there not mockers with mee? and doeth not mine eye †continue in their prouocation?
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. lodge.
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- 1 Samuel 1:6–7Rank 1 from verse 2
6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
6And her aduersary also †prouoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut vp her wombe.)
7And as he did so yeere by yeere, ‖when she went vp to the house of the LORD, so she prouoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- Matthew 27:39–44Rank 4 from verse 2
39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
39¶ And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: If thou be the Sonne of God, come downe from the Crosse.
41Likewise also the chiefe Priests mocking him, with the Scribes and Elders, said,
42He saued others, himselfe he cannot saue: If he be the King of Israel, let him now come downe from the Crosse, and we will beleeue him.
43*He trusted in God, let him deliuer him now if hee will haue him: for he said, I am the Sonne of God.
44The thieues also which were crucified with him, cast y e same in his teeth.
- Psalms 25:13Rank 7 from verse 2
- Psalms 35:14–16Rank 8 from verse 2
14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
14††I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15†But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered themselues together: yea, the abiects gathered themselues together against me, & I knew it not, they did teare me, and ceased not,
16With hypocriticall mockers in feasts: they gnashed vpon mee with their teeth.
- Psalms 91:1Rank 9 from verse 2
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Job 17:2
Persons who scorn, deride, ridicule, or taunt.
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Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ of sight; by extension, sight or seeing. Sense 2: Regard, judgment, disposition, or watchful attention, expressed figuratively by the eye. Sense 3: A small opening, as the eye of a needle. Sense 4: To watch or regard.
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To remain, abide, persist, or endure.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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provocation
An act or course that provokes, irritates, challenges, or arouses anger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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1MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
1¶ My ‖breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me.
2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
2 Are there not mockers with mee? and doeth not mine eye †continue in their prouocation?
Selected passage3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
3Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?