Job 16:9

In his anger he has cast me down; 1 He has gnashed his teeth upon me: 1 The weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

8My falsehood has become a testimony, 1 And has risen up against me: 1 It has confronted me to my face. 1

10He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; 1 With his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; 1 And they have run upon me with one accord. 1

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Cross References

Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, 1 Whose violence drinks up my blood: 1 Whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. 1

Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, 1 And deemest me thine enemy? 1

Job 18:4Anger has possessed thee: 1 For what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? 1 Or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations? 1

Lamentations 3:10He has troubled me, 1 As a she-bear lying in wait: 1 He is to me as a lion in secret places. 1

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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