Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (Job 16:20), when the eye of Job is represented as pouring out tears to God without rest.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 17:2:
Job 17:3
Job 21:3
Job 30:1
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