10Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.


In Context

7 Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

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

9 God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.

10 Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.

11 God has turned me over to evil men and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.

12 All 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 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:10They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: they gather themselves together against me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:10They have gaped on me with their mouth; they have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.