Job 16:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.”
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“His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 16:9 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
- Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Job 19:11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Lamentations 2:16All 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!”
- Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
- Hosea 5:14For 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.
- Hosea 6:1Come, 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.
- Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
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