Job 16:9

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

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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

8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on 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. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

Job 13:24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

Job 18:4You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

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

Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

Lamentations 3:10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

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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