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

7But now he hath made me weary; ...thou hast made desolate all my family; 8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face. His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me. 10They 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.

Job 16:9 word by word

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

• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Job 16:9

• Job 10:16And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
• Job 18:4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
• Lamentations 3:10He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
• Psalms 35:16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
• Psalms 37:12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
• Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen [it].
• Job 13:24Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
• Job 19:11And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
• Micah 7:8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.

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