Job 16:10
Modern Translations
New International Version
People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.

New Living Translation
People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.

English Standard Version
Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.

Berean Study Bible
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

New American Standard Bible
“They have gaped at me with their mouths, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.

NASB 1995
"They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.

NASB 1977
“They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.

Amplified Bible
“They have gaped at me with their mouths, With contempt they have struck me on the cheek; They massed themselves together [and conspired] against me.

Christian Standard Bible
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone is against me; they sneer and slap my face.

Good News Translation
People sneer at me; they crowd around me and slap my face.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
People gaped at me with wide-open mouths. In scorn they slapped my cheeks. They united against me.

International Standard Version
People gaped at me with mouths wide open; they slap me in their scorn and gather together against me.

NET Bible
People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

New King James Version
They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

King James 2000 Bible
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

New Heart English Bible
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

World English Bible
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

American King James Version
They have gaped on me with their mouth; they have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

American Standard Version
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

A Faithful Version
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; and have scornfully beaten me on the cheek; they gather themselves together against me.

Darby Bible Translation
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.

English Revised Version
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: they gather themselves together against me.

Webster's Bible Translation
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themselues together against me.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They haue opened their mouthes wide vpon me, and smitten me vpon the cheeke dispitefully, they gather the selues together against me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They haue opened their mouthes wyde vpon me, and smytten me vpon the cheke despitefully, they haue eased the selues thorow myne aduersite.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They have gaped on me with their mouth, "" In reproach they have struck my cheeks, "" Together they set themselves against me.

Young's Literal Translation
They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

Smith's Literal Translation
They gaped upon me with their mouth; with reproach they struck upon my cheek; they will fill out together against me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They have opened their mouths against me, and, reproaching me, they have struck me on the cheek; they are nourished by my sufferings.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they have opened their mouths against me with insult and they struck my cheeks together, and they have been filled with fury against me

Lamsa Bible
They have gaped upon me with their mouth reproachfully; they have smitten me upon my cheeks; they were filled with rage against me.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; They gather themselves together against me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
















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