Job 16:9

Job 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
• New International Version (NIV)God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

Context of Job 16:9

7Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family. 8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me. His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. 10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me. 11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

Job 16:9 word by word

אַפּ֤וֹ טָרַ֨ף׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• His angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• has torn meטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• and opposed meשָׂטַםώâţam · to hateH7852
• He gnashesחָרַקchâraq · to grindH2786
• His teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• at meעַל‛al · uponH5921
• My adversaryצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• piercesלָטַשׁlâţash · to sharpenH3913
• with His eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Job 16:9

• Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
• Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
• Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
• Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
• Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
• Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
• Job 19:11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
• Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Commentaries on Job 16:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He teareth me in his wrath - Who the person is that is spoken of in this verse, and onward to the end of the fourteenth, has been a question on which commentators have greatly differed. Some think God, others Eliphaz, is intended: I think neither. Probably God permitted Satan to show himself to Job, and the horrible form which he and his demons assumed increased the misery under which Job had already suffered so much. All the expressions, from this to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9He teareth me in his wrath - The language here is all taken from the ferocity of wild beasts; and the idea is, that his enemy had come upon him as a lion seizes upon its prey. Rosenmuller, Reiske, and some others suppose that this refers to God. Cocceius refers it to Satan. Schultens, Dr. Good, and some others, to Eliphaz, as the leading man among his adversaries. I have no doubt that this is the true reference. The connection seems to demand this; and we…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10They open their mouths against me: Job was mocked (compare Psalm 35:21; Isaiah 57:4; Lamentations 2:16; 3:46). strike my cheeks: This was more of an insult than an act of violence (Psalm 3:7; Micah 5:1; see also 1 Kings 22:24; Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 26:67).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Image from a wild beast. So God is represented (Job 10:16). who hateth me--rather, "and pursues me hard." Job would not ascribe "hatred" to God (Psa 50:22). mine enemy--rather, "he sharpens, &c., as an enemy" (Psa 7:12). Darts wrathful glances at me, like a foe (Job 13:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blasphemy
• Gnashing of Teeth
• Teeth

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Gnash
• Plead
• Scorn
• Bildad
• Enemy
• Eye
• shame, ashamed, disgrace, humiliate, reproach

Commentaries on Job 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary