Job 16:10

Job 16:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
• New International Version (NIV)People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

Context of Job 16:10

8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face. 9His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me. They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me. 11God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked. 12I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Job 16:10 word by word

פָּעֲר֬וּ עָלַ֨י׀ בְּפִיהֶ֗ם בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה הִכּ֣וּ לְחָיָ֑י יַ֝֗חַד עָלַ֥י יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• cheeksלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Job 16:10

• Psalms 22:13They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
• Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
• Luke 23:35And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.
• 1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
• 2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Which way now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
• Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Lamentations 3:30he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
• Micah 5:1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
• Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,
• John 18:22But as he said these things, one of the officers who stood by gave a blow on the face to Jesus, saying, Answerest thou the high priest thus?
• Acts 23:2But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
• 2 Corinthians 11:20For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour [you], if any one get [your money], if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.
• Psalms 35:15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
• Psalms 94:21They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
• Acts 4:27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

Commentaries on Job 16:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10They have gaped upon me - Changing the form from the singular to the plural, and including “all” his pretended friends. Such a change in the number is not uncommon. His mind seems to have passed from the particular instance which he was contemplating, to “all” his friends, and he suddenly felt that “all” had treated him alike. The meaning is, that, like wild beasts, they open their mouth to devour me. They have gathered themselves together - They have…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. 1010. gaped--not in order to devour, but to mock him. To fill his cup of misery, the mockery of his friends (Job 16:10) is added to the hostile treatment from God (Job 16:9). smitten ... cheek--figurative for contemptuous abuse (La 3:30; Mt 5:39). gathered themselves--"conspired unanimously" [Schuttens].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:10

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Cheek
• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Bildad
• Mouth
• 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