Job 16:9

He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

In Context

8And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.

10They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

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Cross References

Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

Job 13:24Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

Job 18:4Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Psalms 35:16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Lamentations 3:10He is to me as a bear laying in wait, as a lion in concealed places.

Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17

Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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