Cross References

Job 17:2

New International Version

Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

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Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?

My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.