Job 16:9 · KJV
“He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.”
— Job 16:9
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.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Job 16 — Context
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, {which} is a witness {against me}: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. {hath...: Heb. hath shut me up}
Cross References
Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed {her} up: certainly this {is} the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen {it}.
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Psalms 35:16
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Job 19:11
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as {one of} his enemies.
Psalms 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. {plotteth: or, practiseth}
Acts 7:54
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with {their} teeth.
Job 10:16-17
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.