Bible verse
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Job 16:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 16.
6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
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.
10 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;
13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
KJV
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered 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.
ERV
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: they gather themselves together against me.
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