Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 17:2

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2. UMBREIT, more emphatically, "had I only not to endure mockery, in the midst of their contentions I (mine eye) would remain quiet." eye continue — Hebrew, "tarry all night"; a figure taken from sleep at night, to express undisturbed rest; opposed to ( :- ), when the eye of Job is represented as pouring out tears to God without rest. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"