New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 16:9
9His anger has 1torn me and 2hunted me down, He has 3gnashed at me with His teeth; My 4enemy 5glares at me.
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 has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my group of loved ones. 8And You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my infirmity rises up against me, It testifies to my face. His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My enemy glares at me. 10They have gaped at me with their mouths, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me. 11God hands me over to criminals, And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
Read all of Job 16Job 16:9 word by word
אַפּ֤וֹ טָרַ֨ף׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 16:9
- Job 10:16And should my head be high, You would hunt me like a lion; And You would show Your power against me again.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in your anger-- Should the earth be abandoned for your sake, Or the rock moved from its place?
- Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.
- Lamentations 3:10He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.
- Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, yes I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be no one to rescue.
- Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth.
- Psalms 37:12The wicked plots against the righteous, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have engulfed her! This certainly is the day which we awaited; We have reached it, we have seen it!”
- Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?
- Job 19:11He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.
- Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, enemy of mine. Though I fall I will rise; Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a light for 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
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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
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