Job 16:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: He gnasheth upon me with his teeth; Mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [My adversary Satan] has torn [me] in his wrath and hated and persecuted me; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible His anger tears me and afflicts me; he slashes at me with his teeth. My enemy pierces me with his eyes. Catholic Public Domain Version My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a liar rises up against my face, contradicting me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My wrinkles bear witness against me: and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me. |
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and markest all my paths; Thou drawest thee a line about the soles of my feet:
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me: With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; 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 it.
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.