Job 16:9

He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.

10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; 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 whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Job 13:24Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?

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

Psalms 35:16With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

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

Lamentations 3:10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret 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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