10 They have opened their mouths upon me, and smitten me on the [a]cheek in reproach: they gathered themselves together against me.

11 God hath delivered me to the unjust, and hath made me to turn out of the way by the [b]hands of the wicked.

12 I was in wealth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the neck and beaten me, and set me as a mark for himself.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 16:10 That is, hath handled me most contemptuously: for so smiting on the cheek signified, 1 Kings 22:24; Mark 14:65.
  2. Job 16:11 They have led me whither they would.

Bible Gateway Recommends