Job 16:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:16 : 16 When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
  • Job 18:4 : 4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
  • Job 19:11 : 11 Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness“Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
  • Job 10:16-17 : 16 If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me. 17 You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.
  • Acts 7:54 : 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
  • Job 13:27 : 27 And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

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