Job 16:9
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
שֵׁן
shên
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
חָדַד
châdad
to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָדַד châdad
to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
Study H2300 →טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
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.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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