Job 16 · Verse 10

Job 16:10

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Job 16:10, King James Version

Job 16:10 in other translations

BSBThey open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
WEBThey have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
ASVThey have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
YLTThey have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
DARBYThey gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
BBETheir 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.
WebsterThey have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.

What does Job 16:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. gaped--not in order to devour, but to mock him. To fill his cup of misery, the mockery of his friends (Job 16:10) is added to the hostile treatment from God (Job 16:9). smitten ... cheek--figurative for contemptuous abuse (La 3:30; Mt 5:39). gathered themselves--"conspired unanimously" [Schuttens].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 16:6-16

Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows…

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Job 16:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פָּעֲר֬וּpa.'a.Rupeople have opened wideH6473
עָלַ֨י\׀'a.Laion meH5921
בְּפִיהֶ֗םbe.fi.Hem<in> mouth theirH6310
בְּ֭חֶרְפָּהBe.cher.pahin scornH2781
הִכּ֣וּhi.Kuthey have struckH5221
לְחָיָ֑יle.cha.Yaicheeks myH3895
יַ֝֗חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162
עָלַ֥י'a.Laion meH5921
יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן\׃yit.ma.la.'Unthey mass themselves !H4390

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 16:10

  • Psalms 35:15

    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Psalms 22:13

    They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Isaiah 50:6

    I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  • Lamentations 3:30

    He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

  • Micah 5:1

    Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

  • Acts 23:2

    And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

  • Psalms 22:16-17

    For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

  • 1 Kings 22:24

    But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

  • 2 Corinthians 11:20

    For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

  • Psalms 94:21

    They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Psalms 35:21

    Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

  • Matthew 26:67

    Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
gaped.
Ps 22:13,16,17; 35:21; Lu 23:35,36
they have smitten.
1Ki 22:24; 2Ch 18:23; Isa 50:6; La 3:30; Mic 5:1; Mt 26:67
Joh 18:22; Ac 23:2; 2Co 11:20
gathered.
Ps 35:15; 94:21; Ac 4:27

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Context

  • Job 16:9

    He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  • Job 16:10

    They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  • Job 16:11

    God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

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Job 16:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Abrieron contra mí su boca; hirieron mis mejillas con afrenta; contra mí se juntaron todos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils ouvrent contre moi leur bouche, ils me frappent les joues avec mépris; ils s’attroupent contre moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr Maul haben sie wider mich aufgesperrt, mit Hohn meine Backen geschlagen; allzumal verstärken sie sich wider mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Collegit furorem suum in me, et comminans mihi, infremuit contra me dentibus suis: hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.