Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They gaped at me with their mouth; they struck my cheeks with disgrace; they have massed themselves together against me.
New American Standard Bible
They have
They have
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Peh
Nakah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Describes What God Has Done To Him
9 His wrath has torn, and he has been hostile toward me; he gnashed at me with his teeth. My foe sharpens his eyes against me. 10 They gaped at me with their mouth; they struck my cheeks with disgrace; they have massed themselves together against me. 11 God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 22:13
They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.
Psalm 35:15
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to those who struck [me], and my cheeks to those who pulled out my {beard}; I did not hide my face from insults and spittle.
Lamentations 3:30
Let him give a cheek to his smiter, let him be filled with disgrace.
Acts 23:2
So the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike his mouth.
Micah 5:1
Now muster troops, O daughter of troops; a siege he puts against us. They strike the ruler of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
1 Kings 22:24
Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah came near and slapped Micaiah on the cheek and said, "When did the Spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak with you?"
2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "{Which way} did the Spirit of Yahweh come from me to speak to you?"
Psalm 22:16-17
Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.
Psalm 35:21
They also made wide their mouths against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen [it]."
Psalm 94:21
They band together against [the] life of [the] righteous, and declare [the] blameless guilty of blood.
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists, and they slapped [him],
Luke 23:35-36
And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"
John 18:22
Now [when] he had said these [things], one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, "Do you reply to the high priest in this way?"
Acts 4:27
For in truth both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed,
2 Corinthians 11:20
For you put up with [it] if someone enslaves you, if someone devours [you], if someone takes advantage of [you], if someone is presumptious [toward you], if someone strikes you in the face.