Job 16:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. gaped-- not in order to devour, but to mock him. To fill his cup of misery, the mockery of his friends ( ) is added to the hostile treatment from God ( ). smitten ... cheek-- figurative for contemptuous abuse ( ; ). gathered themselves-- "conspired unanimously" [Schuttens].

‏ Job 16:10

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 16:9).

smitten ... cheek--figurative for contemptuous abuse (La 3:30; Mt 5:39).

gathered themselves--"conspired unanimously" [Schuttens].