Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 5:39).
gathered themselves—"conspired unanimously" [SCHUTTENS].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 16:10:
Job 16:10
Job 16:16
Job 19:13
Job 30:1
Lamentations 2:16-17
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