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.
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With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
All thine enemies have opened their mouth 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}.
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.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as {one of} his enemies.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? {himself: Heb. his soul}
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. {plotteth: or, practiseth}
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with {their} teeth.
He {was} unto me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear {you} in pieces, and {there be} none to deliver.
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.
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 take away, and none shall rescue {him}.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as {one of} his enemies.
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? {himself: Heb. his soul}
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}
All thine enemies have opened their mouth 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}.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with {their} teeth.
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: {adversity: Heb. halting}
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, {and} draw out the tongue? {are} ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; {because} thy sins were increased.
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote {him}.
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. {teareth...: or, dasheth him}