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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.

Context of Job 16:10

8You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me. 9God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes. People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me. 11God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked. 12All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

Job 16:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• They have gapedפָּעַרpâ‛ar · to openH6473
• upon me with their mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• they have smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• me upon the cheekלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
• reproachfullyחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• they have gatheredמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• themselves togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Job 16:10

• Psalms 22:13Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
• Psalms 35:21They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it.”
• Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
• 1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from the Lord go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked.
• 2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from the Lord go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked.
• Isaiah 50:6I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
• Lamentations 3:30Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
• Micah 5:1Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
• Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him
• John 18:22When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.
• Acts 23:2At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
• 2 Corinthians 11:20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.
• Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.
• Psalms 94:21The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
• Acts 4:27Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.

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