2Surely there are mockers about me,and my eye dwells on their provocation.
As if Job’s misery were not great enough, there are people who mock him for it (Job 12:4; Job 16:10). Moreover, these people include Job’s own friends. With a show of piety, they have connected his misery to wickedness.
2 Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.