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Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And does not my eye continue in their provocation? - The margin reads “lodge.” This is the meaning of the Hebrew word used here—

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

My eye continue in their provocation? —“It sees, and can see nothing else; has nothing else to look upon.”: a bitter repr…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[Are there] not mockers with me ?
&c.] Meaning not irreligious persons, such as make a mock at sin, a jest of religi…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job reflects on the harsh censures his friends had pa ed on him, and, looking on himself as a dying man, he appeals to God. Our time is ending; it …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Job had previously shown the great number of his afflictions (Job 16:14), the humiliation of his mind (Job 16:16), his inno…

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