Job 16:9. He teareth me in his wrath, &c.— His fury rend-eth me, and he teareth me to pieces. Heath; who remarks, that the metaphor is taken from a beast of prey, who rends and tears his booty in pieces; and the same metaphor is carried on through the whole. See Psalms 35:16; Psalms 37:12.Lamentations 2:16; Lamentations 2:16. read more
Job 16:10. They have gathered themselves together against me— They are ready to burst with fury against me. Heath. They have unanimously satiated their wrath upon me. Houbigant. read more
9. Image from a wild beast. So God is represented (Job 10:16). who hateth me—rather, "and pursues me hard." Job would not ascribe "hatred" to God (Psalms 50:22). mine enemy—rather, "he sharpens, &c., as an enemy" (Psalms 50:22- :). Darts wrathful glances at me, like a foe (Psalms 50:22- :). read more
10. gaped—not in order to devour, but to mock him. To fill his cup of misery, the mockery of his friends (Job 16:10) is added to the hostile treatment from God (Job 16:10- :). smitten . . . cheek—figurative for contemptuous abuse (Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 5:39). gathered themselves—"conspired unanimously" [SCHUTTENS]. read more
11. the ungodly—namely, his professed friends, who persecuted him with unkind speeches. turned me over—literally, "cast me headlong into the hands of the wicked." read more
2. Job’s second reply to Eliphaz chs. 16-17This response reflects Job’s increasing disinterest in the words of his accusers. He warned them and then proceeded to bewail his isolation. read more
Job’s distress at God’s hand 16:6-17Job’s friends did not cause his greatest discomfort, however; from Job’s perspective God did. Most of the verses in this pericope are easy to understand. A better translation of Job 16:6 b might be, "And if I hold back, it does not leave me.""Job’s assumption that God was angry with him [in Job 16:9] implies that Job subconsciously felt that God was punishing him for some unknown sin of which Job was unaware. He wished that God would reveal this to him (Job... read more
Job’s Fourth Speech (Job 16, 17)See introductory remarks on Job 15-21.1-5. Job retorts scornfully that he too could offer such empty ’comfort’ if he were in the friends’ place.2. The friends can do nothing but repeat their exasperating commonplaces. 3. Shall vain words, etc.] i.e. ’will you never stop?’5. Job would have acted very differently (Job 4:3-4; Job 29), giving no mere lip-comfort.6-17. Job enlarges on the wrath of God and the enmity of man. Neither speech nor silence brings him... read more
(9) He teareth me in his wrath.—Terrible as the language is that Job has used against God, he seems here almost to exceed it, for he calls Him his adversary. It is hardly possible not to understand the expression of God, for though he immediately speaks of his friends, yet just afterwards he openly mentions God. read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 16:9
JOB RECOGNIZED THAT HIS REAL ENEMY WAS NOT GOD; BUT THE WICKED INTO WHOSE HANDS GOD HAD DELIVERED HIM"He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me;He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me,They have gaped upon me with their mouth;They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:They gather themselves together against me.God delivereth me to the ungodly,And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;Yea, he hath... read more