Bible in Basic English
"Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me."
— Job 16:10, Bible in Basic English
“They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.”
“They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. ”
“They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.”
“People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.”
“He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.”
“They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.”
But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.
It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.
I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;
Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.
His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.