9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.


In Context

6 |Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.

8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

9 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.

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

11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

Job 16:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:9God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:9He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; he hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:9He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes on me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes on me.