Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

New American Standard Bible

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They open their mouths against me
and strike my cheeks with contempt;
they join themselves together against me.

International Standard Version

People gaped at me with mouths wide open; they slap me in their scorn and gather together against me.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“They have gaped at me with their mouths,
With contempt they have struck me on the cheek;
They massed themselves together [and conspired] against me.

Bible in Basic English

Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

They gaped upon me with their mouth; with reproach they struck upon my cheek; they will fill out together against me.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

They gaped at me with their mouth; they struck my cheeks with disgrace; they have massed themselves together against me.

Modern King James verseion

They have gaped on me with their mouth; and have scornfully beaten me on the cheek; they gather themselves against me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They have opened their mouths wide upon me, and smitten me upon the cheek despitefully, they have eased themselves through mine adversity.

NET Bible

People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

They have gaped upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּער 
Pa`ar 
Usage: 4

upon me with their mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

me upon the cheek
לחי 
L@chiy 
Usage: 21

חרפּה 
Cherpah 
Usage: 73

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

References

Easton

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Job Describes What God Has Done To Him

9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me. 11 God delivers me to the perverse, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.



Cross References

Psalm 22:13

They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psalm 35:15

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to him who smites him. Let him be filled full with reproach.

Acts 23:2

And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth.

Micah 5:1

Now thou shall gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?

2 Chronicles 18:23

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?

Psalm 22:16-17

For dogs have encompassed me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. {They pierced (LXX/DSS)} my hands and my feet.

Psalm 35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him,

Luke 23:35-36

And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.

John 18:22

And when he said these things, one of the subordinates standing by gave a slap to Jesus, saying, Answer thou the high priest this way?

Acts 4:27

For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

2 Corinthians 11:20

For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face.

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