Job 17:2

"“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me."

Key Reflection

In Job 17:2, the prophet expresses his deep despair and imminent death. His statement, “Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation,” indicates that he sees his situation through a lens of suffering, where even those around him bring further insult to his distress. This verse reflects Job's intense experience of spiritual and physical decay, as his spirit is "consumed" and his days are "extinct," highlighting the bleakness of his existence, with death looming as his ultimate fate.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? -Margin “lodge.” This is the meaning of the Hebrew word used here -נלןtālan. It properly denotes to pass the night or to lodge in a place, as distinguished from a permanent residence. The idea here seems to be, that his eye “rested” on their provocations. It remained fixed on them. It was not a mere glance, a passing notice, but was such a view as resulted from a careful observation. It was not such a view as a traveler would obtain by passing hastily by, but it was such as one would obtain who had encamped for a time, and had an opportunity of looking around him with care, and seeing things as they were.

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