| Geneva Study Bible They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the {l} cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. (l) That is, has handled me contemptuously: for so slapping the cheek signified, 1Ki 22:24, Mr 14:65 Wesley's Notes 16:10 They - My friends. Gaped - Opened their mouths wide against me. In all this Job was a type of Christ. These very expressions are used in the predictions of his sufferings, Psal 22:13. They gaped upon me with their mouths, and Mic 5:1. They shall smite the judge of Israel upon the check. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 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]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. | 
