Job 16:9

He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

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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 you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.

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

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Cross References

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

Job 13:24Wherefore hide you your face, and hold me for yours enemy?

Job 18:4He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Psalms 35:16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

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

Lamentations 3:10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and 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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