Parallel Verses
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.
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 King James verseion
His anger has torn and hated me; He gnashes on me with His teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes at 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.
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 Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth. 9 His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me. 10 They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 35:16
With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.
Lamentations 2:16
Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: 'We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'
Job 13:24
Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Job 18:4
(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
Job 19:11
And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
Psalm 37:12
The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.
Hosea 6:1
'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
Acts 7:54
And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;
Job 10:16-17
And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
Job 13:27
And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
Psalm 50:22
Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Lamentations 3:10
A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
Hosea 5:14
For I am as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.
Micah 7:8
Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.