Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
His anger has torn and hated me; He gnashes on me with His teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes at me;
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Holman Bible
He gnashes His teeth at me.
My enemy pierces me with His eyes.
International Standard Version
His anger tears me in his persistent resentment against me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary glares at me.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.
Bible in Basic English
I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;
Darby Translation
His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.
Julia Smith Translation
He rent in his anger, and he will lie in wait for me, gnashing upon me with his teeth; mine enemy will sharpen his eyes against me.
King James 2000
He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He is angry at me, he hateth me, and gnasheth upon me with his teeth. Mine enemy scowleth upon me with his eyes.
NET Bible
His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
His anger, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened his eyes for me.
Webster
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
Themes
Gnashing of teeth » In rage against the righteous
Teeth » Gnashing (grinding) of, usually signifying anger or extreme pain
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Describes What God Has Done To Him
8 And You have plucked me, for it is a witness, and my failure rises up against me, and it answers to my face. 9 His anger has torn and hated me; He gnashes on me with His teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes at me; 10 They have gaped on me with their mouth; and have scornfully beaten me on the cheek; they gather themselves against me.
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Cross References
Psalm 35:16
with the hypocrites, mockers, for a cake, they gnashed on me with their teeth.
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen.
Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face, and hold me for Your enemy?
Job 18:4
He tears himself in his anger; shall the earth be forsaken for you? And shall the rock be moved out of its place?
Job 19:11
He has also kindled His wrath against me, and to Himself He counts me as His enemy.
Psalm 37:12
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.
Hosea 6:1
Come and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us; He has stricken, and He will bind us up.
Acts 7:54
And hearing these things, they were cut to their hearts. And they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Job 10:16-17
For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.
Job 13:27
You put my feet also in the stocks, and look closely to all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Psalm 50:22
Now think of this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Lamentations 3:10
He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.
Hosea 5:14
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a strong lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for if I fall, I shall arise; for if I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light to me.