Job 17:2

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

Cross-references

Job 12:4 Parallel

Job 12:4 explicitly says 'I am a laughingstock to my friends' — the same complaint of mockers that Job voices in 17:2.

Job 16:20 Parallel

Job 16:20 says 'My friends scorn me' — a near-identical complaint to the mockers mentioned in 17:2, reinforcing Job's isolation.

Job 11:3 Contrast

In Job 11:3, Zophar accuses Job of mocking—contrasting Job's claim of being mocked. A reversal of roles.

Job 21:3 Parallel

Job 21:3 anticipates mockery after he speaks — directly continuing the theme of being mocked, though here Job invites it.

Psalm 35:14-16 describes mockers who gather and tear at the psalmist — a vivid parallel to the provocation Job endures from his mockers.

In Matthew 27:39-44, mockers surround Jesus on the cross, paralleling Job's experience of being surrounded by hostile mockers.

Luke 8:53 Parallel

In Luke 8:53, people laugh at Jesus in unbelief, paralleling the mockers Job faces. Both righteous suffer scorn.

In 1 Samuel 1:6, Peninnah provokes Hannah repeatedly, similar to the mockers surrounding Job. Both suffer hostile provocation.