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Job 16:10
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They open their mouths against meand strike my cheeks with contempt;they join themselves together against me.
They have gaped on me with their mouth; They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.
People open their mouths to make fun of me and hit my cheeks to insult me. They join together against me.
People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
"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.
"They have gaped at me with their mouths, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
They have gaped on me with their mouth; They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.
They have opened their mouth wide at me;They have struck me on the cheek in reproach;They have massed themselves against me.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Everyone is against me; they sneer and slap my face.
Wide-mouthed, they gape at me; with scorn, they slap my cheeks; they gather themselves together against me.
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
People have crowded around me. They make fun of me and slap my face.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth reproachfully; they have smitten me upon my cheeks; they were filled with rage against me.
People sneer at me; they crowd around me and slap my face.
They gaped at me with their mouth; they struck my cheeks with disgrace; they have massed themselves together against me.
They have gaped at me with their mouth, and scornfully struck my cheek; they gather themselves together against me.
They haue opened their mouthes wyde vpon me, and smytten me vpon the cheke despitefully, they haue eased the selues thorow myne aduersite.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
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.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me.
They haue gaped vpon me with their mouth, they haue smitten me vpon the cheeke reprochfully, they haue gathered themselues together against mee.
In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: they gather themselves together against me.
Thei openyden her mouthis on me, and thei seiden schenschip, and smytiden my cheke; and thei ben fillid with my peynes.
They have gaped on me with their mouth; They have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.
They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.
Men have looked at me with their mouths open. They have hit me on the face with anger. They have gathered together against me.
They have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks.
(16-11) They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
Men have gaped at me with their mouth, they have struck me insolently upon the cheek, they mass themselves together against me.
They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
"They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gaped: Psalms 22:13, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 22:17, Psalms 35:21, Luke 23:35, Luke 23:36
they have smitten: 1 Kings 22:24, 2 Chronicles 18:23, Isaiah 50:6, Lamentations 3:30, Micah 5:1, Matthew 26:67, John 18:22, Acts 23:2, 2 Corinthians 11:20
gathered: Psalms 35:15, Psalms 94:21, Acts 4:27
Reciprocal: Job 12:4 - one mocked Job 21:3 - mock on Psalms 3:7 - thou Psalms 22:7 - shoot out Isaiah 57:4 - draw Lamentations 2:16 - thine Matthew 5:39 - whosoever Luke 22:63 - mocked
Cross-References
Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.
And Sarai Abrams wyfe toke Hagar her mayde the Egyptian, after Abram hadde dwelled ten yeres in the lande of Chanaan, and gaue her to her husbande Abram to be his wyfe.
And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: there is wrong done vnto me by thee: I haue geuen my mayde into thy bosome, whiche seyng that she hath conceaued, I am despised in her eyes, the Lorde be iudge betweene thee & me.
But Abram sayde to Sarai: beholde thy mayde is in thy hande, do with her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fledde from the face of her.
And the angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine in ye wildernes, [euen] by the well that is in the way to Sur,
And he said: Hagar Sarais mayde, whence camest thou? and whither wylt thou go? She sayde: I flee fro the face of my mistresse Sarai.
And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto her: Returne to thy mistresse agayne, and submit thy selfe vnder her handes.
And the Lordes angell said vnto her: See, thou art with chylde, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt cal his name Ismael: because the Lorde hath hearde thy tribulation.
He also wyll be a wylde man, and his hande wyll be agaynst euery man, and euery mans hande against hym: and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They have gaped upon me with their mouth,.... Here Job speaks of the instruments which God suffered to use him ill; and he has respect to his friends who came with open mouth against him, loading him with calumnies and reproaches, laying charges to him he was not conscious of, and treating him with scorn and contempt, which such a gesture is sometimes a token of, Lamentations 3:46; and in which manner also Christ was used by men, on whom the reproach of them that reproached God and his people fell, and who exhibited false charges against him of various sorts; and he was the reproach of men and the contempt of the people, who laughed him to scorn, opened their mouths in derision; they shot out the lip and shook the head, and mocked and scoffed at him; yea, "they gaped upon him with their mouth as a ravening and a roaring lion", Psalms 22:6; to which the allusion is here, when they cried out themselves and called upon others to join them, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him", Luke 23:21:
they have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully; to be smitten on the cheek is a reproach itself, and is a suffering not very patiently endured. Hence Christ, to teach his followers patience, advised when they were smitten on the one cheek to turn the other, that is, to take the blow patiently; and it is not the smart of the stroke that is so much regarded as the shame of it, the affront given, and the indignity offered; see 2 Corinthians 11:20; so that the phrase may be taken for reproaching him; and indeed it may be rendered, "they have smitten on the cheek with reproach" a; they reproached him, which was the same as if they had smitten him on the cheek; they smote him with their tongues, as Jeremiah's enemies smote him, Jeremiah 18:18; they threw the dirt of scandal and calumny at him, and which is the common lot of God's people; and though since they are reproached for Christ's sake, for the Gospel's sake, and for righteousness sake, they should not be disturbed at that; but rather reckon themselves happy, as they are said to be, and bind these reproaches about their necks as chains of gold, and esteem them greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt. This was literally true of Job's antitype, the Messiah, for as it was foretold of him that he should give his cheek to those that plucked off the hair, and they should smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon his cheek, Isaiah 50:6: so this was done unto him by the servants of the high priest in his hall, and by others, Matthew 26:67;
they have gathered themselves together against me; Job's friends got together in order to visit him and comfort him, but it proved otherwise, and he viewed it in no other light than as a combination against him: the words may be rendered, "they filled themselves against me" b; their hearts with wrath and anger, as the Targum; their mouths with reproaches and calumnies, and their eyes with pleasure and delight, and satisfaction at his miseries and afflictions; and so the Vulgate Latin version,
"they are satiated with my punishments;''
though rather this may respect the high spirits they were in, the boldness and even impudence, as Job interpreted it, they showed in their conduct towards him, their hearts being swelled with pride and haughtiness and passion c; see Esther 7:5; or else their numbers that came against him; so Mr. Broughton renders the words, "they came by full troops upon me"; Job's three friends, being great personages, very probably brought a large retinue and train of servants with them; who, observing their master's conduct, behaved in an indecent manner towards him themselves, to whom he may have respect, Job 30:1; this was verified in Christ his antitype, whom Judas, with a multitude of men, with swords and staves, even with a band of soldiers, came to apprehend in the garden; and when Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and people of Israel, were gathered against him to do what God had determined should be done, Matthew 26:46.
a בחרפה "cum opprobrio", Beza, Vatablus, Drusius; so Schmidt, Michaelis, Schultens; "with reproaches", Broughton. b יתמלאון "impleverunt sese", De Dieu. c Vid. De Dieu in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They have gaped upon me - Changing the form from the singular to the plural, and including “all” his pretended friends. Such a change in the number is not uncommon. His mind seems to have passed from the particular instance which he was contemplating, to “all” his friends, and he suddenly felt that “all” had treated him alike. The meaning is, that, like wild beasts, they open their mouth to devour me.
They have gathered themselves together - They have entered into a conspiracy, and have “agreed” to oppose me. They are united in this thing, and all feel and act alike.
