- Job continues his response begun in Job 16. Is a change in tone evident at the beginning of Job 17?
- Who are the “mocking men” to whom Job refers in Job 17:2?
- Whom is he addressing in Job 17:3?
- What does Job 17:5 mean and why is in enclosed in quotation marks in some translations?
- In Job 17:6 what is a “byword”? Why do other translations render “tofet” as “spittle”? or someone spat upon? Note the sound of “tofet”.
- Does Job have anyone in particular in mind when he refers to the “upright” and the “righteous man” (Job 17:8-9)?
- To whom is Job referring in Job 17:12 and of what does he accuse them?
- In expressing his utter despair, who are the “we” that will “go down together in the dust” (Job 17:16)?
