Job 16:10, Psa 38:11, Luk 23:49 | 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

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].

Psalms 38:11

11, 12. Friends desert, but foes increase in malignity.

Job 16:10

Psalms 38:11

Luke 23:49