Job 16:9 “His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My a…”

Job 16:9

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

World English Bible

He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

American Standard Version

He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Geneva Bible 1599

His wrath hath torne me, and hee hateth me, and gnasheth vpon mee with his teeth: mine enemie hath sharpened his eyes against me.

Darby Translation

His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

Young's Literal Translation

His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

Bible in Basic English

I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

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Cross references

“teareth me”

Job 18:4 Psalm 50:22 Lamentations 3:10 Hosea 5:14 Job 10:16 Job 10:17

Job 18:4 · BSB

You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

Psalm 50:22 · BSB

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Lamentations 3:10 · BSB

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

Hosea 5:14 · BSB

For 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.

Job 10:16 · BSB

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

Job 10:17 · BSB

You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

“he gnasheth”

Psalm 35:16 Lamentations 2:16 Psalm 37:12

Psalm 35:16 · BSB

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Lamentations 2:16 · BSB

All 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!”

Psalm 37:12 · BSB

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

“mine”

Job 13:24 Job 19:11 Job 13:27 Micah 7:8

Job 13:24 · BSB

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Job 19:11 · BSB

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

Job 13:27 · BSB

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

Micah 7:8 · BSB

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Also

Hosea 6:1 Acts 7:54

Hosea 6:1 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Acts 7:54 · BSB

On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

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