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Job 16:10

Shame

8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

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

11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

12 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

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BSB
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
KJV
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
WEB
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
ASV
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
DARBY
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
BLB
They gape at me with their mouth, in scorn they strike my cheeks; as one they mass themselves against me.
ÅB
De[^2] spilet opp sin munn mot meg, med hån slo de mine kinnben; alle slo de seg sammen mot meg.
OTB
Folk gaper mot meg med sine munner;
de slår meg på kinnet i hån
og samler seg mot meg.
B1930
De spilet op sin munn mot mig, med hån slo de mine kinnben; alle slo de sig sammen mot mig. / < mine fiender, JBS 16, 11.>

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Cross references

  • Psalms 35:15

    But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

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  • Psalms 22:13

    They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

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  • Isaiah 50:6

    I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

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  • Lamentations 3:30

    Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

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  • Micah 5:1

    Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

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  • Acts 23:2

    At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

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  • Psalms 22:16–17

    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

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  • 1 Kings 22:24

    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

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