10 People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
10 Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.
10 People take one look at me and gasp. Contemptuous, they slap me around and gang up against me.
10 They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
10 People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.
49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
49 And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
49 Those who knew Jesus well, along with the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a respectful distance and kept vigil.
49 But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
49 But Jesus' friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.
(Read Luke 23:44-49)
We have here the death of Christ magnified by the wonders that attended it, and his death explained by the words with which he breathed out his soul. He was willing to offer himself. Let us seek to glorify God by true repentance and conversion; by protesting against those who crucify the Saviour; by a sober, righteous, and godly life; and by employing our talents in the service of Him who died for us and rose again.
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;
11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
11 old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back.
11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
11 My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.
(Read Psalm 38:1-11)
Nothing will disquiet the heart of a good man so much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet, is to keep ourselves in the love of God. But a sense of guilt is too heavy to bear; and would sink men into despair and ruin, unless removed by the pardoning mercy of God. If there were not sin in our souls, there would be no pain in our bones, no illness in our bodies. The guilt of sin is a burden to the whole creation, which groans under it. It will be a burden to the sinners themselves, when they are heavy-laden under it, or a burden of ruin, when it sinks them to hell. When we perceive our true condition, the Good Physician will be valued, sought, and obeyed. Yet many let their wounds rankle, because they delay to go to their merciful Friend. When, at any time, we are distempered in our bodies, we ought to remember how God has been dishonoured in and by our bodies. The groanings which cannot be uttered, are not hid from Him that searches the heart, and knows the mind of the Spirit. David, in his troubles, was a type of Christ in his agonies, of Christ on his cross, suffering and deserted.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 16:10
Commentary on Job 16:6-16
(Read Job 16:6-16)
Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.