Job 16:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.”
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“They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 16:10 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
- 2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
- Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
- Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Lamentations 3:30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
- Micah 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
- Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
- Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
- John 18:22When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
- Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- 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 exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
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