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Job 16:9 KJV
Job · chapter 16 · verse 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 16:9 · King James Version
Job 16:9 in context
7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sharpenethlâṭashproperly, to hammer outH3913 →
- gnashethchâraqto grate the teethH2786 →
- tearethṭâraphto pluck off or pull to piecesH2963 →
- hatethsâṭamproperly, to lurk forH7852 →
- wrathʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- teethshêna toothH8127 →
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Job's complaint is here as bitter as any where in all his discourses, and he is at a stand whether to smother it or to give it vent. Sometimes the one and sometimes the other is a relief to the afflicted, according as the temper or the circumstances are; but Job found help by neither, Job 16:6. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16