Devine Scripture

Job 16:9

Job chapter 16 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Context

v.8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

v.9This passage

v.10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 13:27

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

  • Lamentations 2:16

    All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide 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.

  • Hosea 5:14

    For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Job 18:4

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

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

  • Micah 7:8

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.