Job 16:9
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Job calls his friends 'miserable comforters' and says he could speak as they do if their positions were reversed. He describes God as his adversary who has handed him over to the ungodly. Yet amid despair he appeals to his …
Other Translations
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.
His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
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;
Cross References
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed …
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out …
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon …
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, …